Environment and Rural Affairs Council Report May 2020
Policy Proposals IFA has made a submission to Transport Infrastructure Ireland on their Greenways draft Code of Practice. A draft submission of this report is attached. Some of the main proposals...
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Council Report Significant Water Management Issues (SWMI) Consultation Extension Due to the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, the public consultation for the SWMI deadline has been extended from June...
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Policy Proposals Significant Water Management Issues IFA has made a submission to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage on the Significant Water Management Issues for the Third...
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Activity since last National Council IFA has written to RTÉ on numerous occasions since the airing of What Planet Are You On? and the publication of the emissions guide. In our correspondence we...
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Environment & Rural Affairs Council Report December 2020
Activity since last National Council The draft text of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill was published on the 7th October 2020. An IFA briefing note on the Bill is...
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Environment & Rural Affairs Council Report March 2021
Activity since last National Council IFA made a submission to the public consultation on the Fourth Review of Ireland’s Nitrates Action Plan, Stage 1 (see enclosed or click here). In the submission...
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Environment & Rural Affairs Council Report April 2021
Activity since last National Council IFA made a submission to The National Economic and Social Council (NESC) on the Shared Island Consultation: Climate and Biodiversity Challenges and Opportunities....
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Activity since last National Council IFA made a submission to the public consultation on the Agriculture, Land Use, Forestry and Marine section of the “Climate Conversation” on the Climate Action...
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Environment & Rural Affairs Council Report September 2021
Activity since last National Council IFA mounted a multi-facetted campaign to secure a fundamental change to the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021. The campaign...
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Environment & Rural Affairs Council Report November 2021
Activity since last National Council IFA made a submission to the public consultation on the Fourth Review of Ireland’s Nitrates Action Plan Stage 2 Public Consultation Paper. A copy of the...
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Activity since last National Council IFA made a submission to the public consultation by the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC) on Carbon Budgets on the 8th February. A...
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Activity since last National Council IFA made a submission to the Public Consultation on the draft River Basin Management Plan for Ireland 2022-2027 (enclosed). The following proposals were...
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Activity since last National Council IFA initiated a national campaign for the sectoral emission ceiling for agriculture to be set no higher than an equivalent reduction of 22%. Under the Climate...
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Environment Council Report October 2022
Activity since last National Council IFA led a campaign in advance of the announcements on the sectoral emissions ceiling for Agriculture in July. A legally binding emissions reduction target of 25%...
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Activity since last National Council The Climate Action Plan 2023 (CAP23) was published on 21st December 2022. The plan is the first to be prepared under the Climate Action and Low Carbon...
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Environment Council Report July 2023
Activity since last National Council The negotiations and lobbying on the EU Nature Restoration Law (NRL) have been proceeding at pace at national and European level: IFA held a national...
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Activity since last National Council As part of IFA’s campaign to maintain the Nitrates Derogation a submission was made to the European Commission on validity the two-year review to determine water...
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Activity since last National Council During a visit to Ireland on 23rd November Commissioner Sinkevičius, Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries met with representatives of the...
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