Farming & Climate Summit
Farmers are facing huge challenges from various climate related proposals from the EU and the Irish Government.
IFA held a Farming and Climate Summit on Tuesday, January 10th 2023, to update farmers and hear views on the challenges facing the sector associated with climate change.
Video Recordings of the Sessions
Session 1: Irish Agriculture and the Challenges Ahead
Moderator – IFA Senior Policy Executive, Geraldine O’Sullivan
Presentation by Ciaran Fitzgerald, Food Economist – The Importance of Agriculture to the Irish Economy
Panel discussion with Ciaran Fitzgerald, Deirdre Ryan, Director, Sustainability and Quality Assurance, Bord Bia Liam MacHale, IFA Director of European Affairs, IFA Brussels Office
Session 2: Irish Agriculture – The Scientific Debate
Moderator – Mary Delaney, Nuffield Scholar and Board Member
Presentations by Laurence Shalloo, Head of Animal & Grassland Research & Innovation, Teagasc Tadhg Buckley, IFA Director of Policy
Followed by panel discussion with presenters and Professor Peter Thorne, Climatologist, National University of Ireland, Maynooth Mary Frances Rochford, Program Manager, Climate Change, EPA Bill Callanan, Chief Inspector, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Session 3: Policy Challenges at National & European Level
Moderator – Jack Kennedy, Interim Editor, Irish Farmers Journal
Keynote Address from Charlie McConalogue, TD Minister for Agriculture, Food & the Marine
Followed by a panel discussion with: Charlie McConalogue, TD Minister for Agriculture, Food & the Marine Frank O’Mara, Director of Teagasc Thia Hennessy, Head of Department of Food Business and Development, UCC Paul O’Brien, Chair of IFA Environment & Rural Affairs Committee Closing Remarks IFA President Tim Cullinan
Presentations
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Irish Economy Relevance of Agriculture
Ciaran Fitzgerald, Food Economist
Climate Action Plan and Other Policy Proposals
Tadhg Buckley, IFA Director of Policy/Chief Economist
Improving the Sustainability of Livestock Systems in Ireland
Laurence Shalloo, Head of Animal & Grassland Research & Innovation, Teagasc
Agenda
| Welcome Address IFA President Tim Cullinan |
| Session 1: Irish Agriculture and the Challenges Ahead Moderator – IFASenior Policy Executive, Geraldine O’Sullivan Presentation by: Ciaran Fitzgerald, Food Economist – The Importance of Agriculture to the Irish Economy Followed by panel discussion with presenter and: Deirdre Ryan, Director, Sustainability and Quality Assurance, Bord Bia Liam MacHale, IFA Director of European Affairs, IFA Brussels Office |
| Session 2: Irish Agriculture – The Scientific Debate Moderator – Mary Delaney, Nuffield Scholar and Board Member Presentations by: Laurence Shalloo, Head of Animal & Grassland Research & Innovation, Teagasc Tadhg Buckley, IFA Director of Policy Followed by panel discussion with presenters and: Professor Peter Thorne, Climatologist, National University of Ireland, Maynooth Mary Frances Rochford, Program Manager, Climate Change, EPA Bill Callanan, Chief Inspector, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine |
| Session 3: Policy Challenges at National & European Level Moderator – Jack Kennedy, Interim Editor, Irish Farmers Journal Keynote Address Charlie McConalogue TD Minister for Agriculture, Food & the Marine Followed by panel discussion with: Charlie McConalogue TD Minister for Agriculture, Food & the Marine Frank O’Mara, Director of Teagasc Thia Hennessy, Head of Department of Food Business and Development, UCC Paul O’Brien, Chair of IFA Environment & Rural Affairs Committee |
| Closing Remarks IFA President Tim Cullinan |