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IFA president, Francie Gorman, said it is essential that the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon implements the maximum 200 per cent co-financing rate for Ireland's allocation of the Reserve, which has been triggered by the Commission to help ease the current fertiliser crisis. “At a time when farmers are facing sky rocketing input costs and falling output prices, it is absolutely imperative that the minister delivers on the maximum 200 per cent Member State co-financing permitted by the Commission.”
He continued: “It is also vital that any scheme developed is available across all sectors and will deliver money to farmers efficiently, with the lowest level of administrative burden possible. The IFA remains steadfast in continuing to demand the suspension of CBAM on nitrogen fertiliser imports into the EU. To this end, the retention of a suspension mechanism for CBAM on fertiliser in the ECOFIN vote today is a positive development.
“All Irish MEPs must now work hard to ensure the Parliament retains the suspension mechanism and it is not deleted from the regulation when it makes its way there,” Francie Gorman added. He said the Irish Government must remain open to suspension of this levy and advance this position during the Irish presidency of the Council.