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ICSA Meets With Irish Water and Ervia Over Pipeline Concerns
An ICSA delegation
led by national president Patrick Kent has met with senior represent- atives from Irish Water and Ervia to highlight the issues affecting farmers along the proposed new water pipeline from the river Shannon to Dublin. Ervia are the company responsible
for the pro-
ject infrastructure devel- opment. Speaking following the meeting Mr Kent
said
“ICSA has concerns over the justification of the pipeline at all given that it is apparent those living in Dublin either can’t pay, won’t pay or don’t pay for water, yet farmers are ex- pected to have their busi- ness disrupted and their
lands devalued to facili- tate this.” Also speaking after
the meeting, ICSA ru- ral development
chair-
man Seamus Sherlock said “This is commercial farmland we’re
talking
about and farmers along the route are very wor- ried about having their livelihoods interrupted. They are also concerned about the many possible ramifications of having the pipeline
cross their
lands far into the future.” ICSA will continue to with Irish Wa-
engage
ter and Ervia to ensure that all concerns are ad- dressed and that each farmer affected by the pipeline is treated fairly.
ANC Areas Need To Be Protected In Review and Payments Must Be Increased
IFA President Joe Healy has said that the areas cur- rently designated as Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) must be fully pro- tected in the forthcoming review of areas, and pay- ments must be increased in this vital support scheme for low-income farmers on marginal land. Speaking at an IFA Ral- ly in Carrick-on-Shannon attended by MEPs from the west and border are- as, Joe Healy said, “ANC payments represent a sig- nificant support for up to 95,000 farmers who farm in some of the most diffi- cult conditions. This must be recognised by Euro-
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pean and national politi- cians. Every effort must be made to protect
the
already designated areas and to restore payments to farmers to their pre- 2009 levels when Budget cutbacks were made”. The IFA President said the Government, in
that
the negotiations with the EU Commission on the review, must put forward strong arguments which support this vital scheme. IFA Rural Develop- Chairman Joe
ment
Brady has said that there are sufficient flexibilities in place in the Guidelines to Designate ANC Areas to protect areas already
classified in the upcoming review. At a recent meet- ing in Brussels, the EU Commission has made clear that member states can make a case based on local conditions to ensure that areas retain their sta- tus and continue to quali- fy for payments. In addition, Ireland can
make a case for areas that have difficulty in quali- fying under the new bio- physical criteria by classi- fying them as areas with specific constraints. This should allow various op- tions to be used as it can add an additional 10% of the utilisable area in ad- dition to those areas that
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would qualify under the biophysical criteria. Speaking on behalf
of hill farmers, IFA Hill Committee
Chairman
Pat Dunne said that ANC payments are a vital sup- port
along with other
direct payments for sus- taining hill farming. “The ANC support should be pitched at a level which reflects the conditions which farming is carried out in the most marginal and hilly areas. The addi- tion of funding that must be provided by the Gov- ernment can be a major help in this regard for the 20,000 farmers who have hill land.”
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