A spate of high-profile land purchases over the last two years has unsettled farmers, and prompted concern and anger in the sector.
The farm bodies claimed that agricultural reliefs were being used by the country’s wealthiest land owners to avoid paying inheritance taxes.
ICMSA president claims that the State and Uisce Éireann have adopted a 'sure these things happen' attitude to water pollution incidents.
Further guidance needed to make sure that those farm families in partnerships or companies are not disadvantaged, the ICMSA has said.
ICMSA president Denis Drennan said the payment – which was doubled in the budget - should go in full to the calf rearer.
The ICMSA said the regulation made practical sense against the threat of South American beef imports, but it should be revisited to allow information from existing databases.
The ICMSA is raising concerns about the proposed changes announced by Minister for Finance Jack Chambers to agriculture and retirement relief under Budget 2025.
Farm body pushes back on O'Neill's assertions that an 'unholy alliance' is protecting Irish agriculture.
The ICMSA has been responding to the announcements made in Budget 2025 and has welcomed the extension to a number of reliefs to 2027.