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Maximum Tolerance Policy Essential for Farm Payments
Date: April 15, 2015
Mismanagement by successive Government departments had led to a situation where hill farmers did not know their eligible land status for payments under the new Basic Payment Scheme (BPS).[more]
Original Galway by-pass route possible but alternative routes must first be eliminated
Date: April 13, 2015
The possibility that the original route for the Galway By-Pass could be chosen was confirmed at a meeting in Brussels today, Monday, April 13th. This was stated by Independent MEP Marian Harkin who organised the meeting but she...[more]
You will now know if your Chicken is Irish
Date: April 2, 2015
Consumers buying poultry will, from today Wednesday, April 1st, have confidence that they are buying Irish poultry as a result of the implementation of a country of origin regulation.[more]
Warning of Threat to Livelihoods of 70,000 Irish Farmers
Date: March 31, 2015
ISDS Must Not Pass[more]
€100,000 of EU Funds Returned Unspent, neither Dublin nor Donegal are Winners
Date: March 25, 2015
"The fact that up to €100,000 ear marked for tackling youth unemployment is to be returned unspent to the EU is just not acceptable and clearly shows that once again we have dropped the ball when it comes to spending EU monies"...[more]
Unfair Designation of Hill Land slated by MEP
Date: March 5, 2015
Department of Agriculture inspections without defined criteria are designating marginal and commonage land as ineligible for payments under EU Schemes designed to maintain land in good agricultural and environmental condition...[more]
MEP Slates Threat to Ending of Roaming Charges
Date: March 3, 2015
The ending of roaming charges for mobile phone users which has been supported by the European Parliament and the last European Commission is being watered down by proposals to be discussed by the EU Council of Ministers this...[more]
Call for Publication of EPA Tests on Waters Affected by Fuel Laundering
Date: February 24, 2015
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should immediately publish the results of the samples of waters taken in border areas because of public disquiet about possible high levels of toxicity resulting from fuel laundering...[more]
Harkin Ensures Level Playing Field for Rural Bus Companies
Date: February 23, 2015
An attempt by the government to restrict private bus services from participating in the Free Travel Scheme had been defeated following representations from Independent MEP Marian Harkin to the European Commission. [more]
€383 million for new Cross Border Co-operation
Date: February 17, 2015
The announcement of a new €383 million EU inter regional programme could be of considerable benefit to SME’s and a range of public, private, and research organisations according to Independent MEP Marian Harkin.[more]
