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The hill farmer association want all CP areas to be given an agreed standard habitat score for 2024 and 2025.
Both the INHFA and IFA have called for workable measures in 2025's National Sheep Welfare Scheme.
There are mounting fears the Department is reverting to a stricter interpretation of the rules around direct payments, the INHFA stated.
The current negativity around ACRES could be addressed by better communication and interaction with farmers on the ground, Seanie Boyle maintained.
The Government announced it is to continue with the Sheep Welfare Scheme and increase funding to farmers by €5/ewe.
The association stated that funding under ACRES and the new Eco-scheme should be “be disregarded for tax purposes.”
Farmers are contacting the INHFA expressing concern around their fodder supplies, according to vice president John Joe Fitzgerald.
INHFA president Vincent Roddy said many farmers, especially in ACRES co-operation, have “become totally disillusioned with the scheme”.
The INHFA has also called for greater stakeholder involvement from the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), the Department of Agriculture and forestry companies in a planned cull.
