Last year was a difficult year for Irish farming, with farm incomes down 15 per cent, according to Teagasc’s latest [...]
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Agriculture
Since my election to the European Parliament in 2004 I have been a full member of the Agriculture and Rural Development Committee (AGRI). Like all committees of the Parliament members meet regularly and debate issues on our agenda. You can follow the work of the Committee and view its agenda here.
The Committee is responsible for the development and implementations of the Common Agricultural Policy, rural development, veterinary and plant health, animal welfare and forestry,
Arising from the Lisbon Treaty, the Agriculture Committee has a much greater say in the decision-making process at European level as ‘co-decision’ means that the Parliament is equally involved with the European Commission and the Council. The Committee will therefore play a significant role in the reform of the CAP post-2013 and other policy initiatives anticipated in this legislature.
Issues of concern to individual member states about EU legislation can be raised at the Committee.
State of Play – CAP reform
April 25th, 2013 – Mairead McGuinness MEP
Leipzig, Germany
Minister, President of COPA, MEP Peter Jahr, ladies and gentlemen.
Thank you for inviting [...]
Europe Day
Thursday, May 9th is Europe Day, commemorating the Schuman Declaration which was presented by the French Foreign Minister, Robert Schuman, [...]
Funds for rural Ireland
May 6th, 2013 Rural Ireland is experiencing a very serious shortage of fodder after an extremely long winter and spring. [...]
Celebrating St. Patrick
March 19th, 2013
March 19th and the European Parliament turned green as we joined with fellow Irish MEPs and colleagues and [...]
Agri-food issues dominate
March 13th, 2013 Agricultural and food issues have dominated this week’s plenary session in the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
Yesterday morning, [...]
Food Fraud
As new revelations surrounding the horsemeat DNA scandal continue to emerge across Europe, an EU wide investigation has been announced. [...]
TRUST IS THE KEY INGREDIENT IN FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN – MAIREAD MCGUINNESS TELLS DUBLIN EU CONFERENCE
Friday, 01 February – Trust is the key ingredient in a successful supplier – retailer – consumer relationship according to [...]
CAP REFORM ADVANCES BUT MCGUINNESS WARNS THAT BUDGET DISCUSSIONS WILL DICTATE OUTCOME
 The amended CAP reform proposals voted on in the European Parliament today, following a consensus achieved in the Agriculture [...]
The John Hooper Medal for Statistics 2013 – Student Poster Competition
 The John Hooper Medal for Statistics 2013 Competition aims to improve students’ abilities to describe their environment with the [...]
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