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Payment penalties for farm safety breaches

Farmers found to have broken PTO covers on machinery during HSA inspections are unlikely to be fined under new BISS rules, the Department insists.

NEWS 12 March 2025

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Six farmers named on tax defaulters' list

Six farmers named on tax defaulters' list

NEWS 11 March 2025

Department set to clamp down on map acres

Department set to clamp down on map acres

SCHEMES 5 March 2025

DAERA outlines new farm penalty system

DAERA outlines new farm penalty system

DAERA outlines new farm penalty system

NORTHERN IRELAND 19 February 2025

Cuts planned for scheme red tape

Cuts planned for scheme red tape

Cuts planned for scheme red tape

NEWS 19 February 2025

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DAERA outlines new farm penalty system

DAERA outlines new farm penalty system

The revised system of penalties for farmers who are found in breach of the new rules was described as 'a significant change in approach'.

NORTHERN IRELAND 10 December 2024

Cuts planned for scheme red tape

Cuts planned for scheme red tape

The Commission has said cutting scheme red tape will leave farmers freer to farm instead of completing paperwork.

NEWS 10 December 2024

Payment penalties for farm health and safety breaches 'unfair' - ICMSA

Payment penalties for farm health and safety breaches 'unfair' - ICMSA

Farmers could be penalised twice for farm safety or employment breaches, the ICMSA said.

NEWS 10 December 2024

New rules for peaty soils run against EU plans to cut red tape - IFA

New rules for peaty soils run against EU plans to cut red tape - IFA

The IFA has hit out at Minister Heydon for introducing new CAP rules for peatlands at the "11th hour".

NEWS 10 December 2024

DAERA to retain 15% cap on penalties

DAERA to retain 15% cap on penalties

Agriculture Minister Andrew Muir has sought on a number of occasions to remove the penalty cap

NORTHERN IRELAND 10 December 2024

Farmers fined for not registering water abstraction points

Farmers fined for not registering water abstraction points

The Department of Agriculture confirmed that 20 holdings have been fined for failing to register a private water abstraction point relating to agriculture.

NEWS 10 December 2024

MLAs refuse to back down on Muir penalties

MLAs refuse to back down on Muir penalties

Minister Muir has sought to reverse a change to the cross-compliance penalty regime in NI.

NORTHERN IRELAND 10 December 2024

Farmer views on inspections: ‘it’s like shooting fish in a barrel’

Farmer views on inspections: ‘it’s like shooting fish in a barrel’

Some 885 farmers participated in the latest Irish Farmers Journal reader survey and share their experiences of farm inspections.

NEWS 10 December 2024

Four farmers named on latest tax defaulters' list

Four farmers named on latest tax defaulters' list

Failure to lodge income tax returns and the under-declaration of capital acquisitions tax were the reasons farmers ended up on Revenue's tax defaulters list.

NEWS 10 December 2024

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