MEETING NO

DATE

SUBJECT

1

19.01.05

Veterinary Practices Bill, 2004 — Meeting with Veterinary Council of Ireland

2

26.01.05

Veterinary Practices Bill, 2004 — Meeting with Veterinary Ireland and Work Programme 2005

3.

03.02.05

Nitrates Directive - Discussion with Officials from Department of Environment and Local Government and Department of Agriculture and Food

4.

09.02.05

(1) overview of Agriculture (2) CAP (3) Fees payable by potato growers (4) Nitrates Directive (5) Sugar regime -Discussion with Minister for Agriculture and Food

5.

17.02.05

Veterinary Practices Bill, 2004 - Meeting with Veterinary Officers Association

6.

23.02.05

Closure of Sugar Factory in Carlow - Discussion with Greencore Group plc, SIPTU and IFA

7.

23.02.05

Section 17A of the Diseases of Animals Act 1966 — Discussion with Minister for Agriculture and Food

8.

23.03.05

Problems facing Irish Farmers - Presentation by Mr John Dillon, President IFA

9.

06.04.05

Problems facing Irish Farming - Presentation by ICSA, Nitrates Directive - Presentation by ICMSA

10.

26.04.05

Meeting with Officials from the Slovenian Parliament

11.

04.05.05

Agricultural Appeals Office Annual Report 2003 — Discussion with representatives of the Agricultural Appeals Office

12.

18.05.05

Adoption of Conservation Agriculture Systems - Presentation by Conservation Agriculture Ireland

13.

15.06.05

Discussion on Special Beef Premium Penalty on Livestock Farmers - Presentation by the IFA

14

23.06.05

Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals: COM (2004) 712 Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulations (EEC) No. 2759/75, (EEC) No. 277175. (EEC) No. 2777/75, (EC) No. 1254/1999, (EC) No. 1255/1999 and (EC) No. 2529/2001 as regards exceptional market support measures - Discussion with officials from Department of Agriculture and Food

15.

29.06.05

Imminent Closure of Teagasc Advisory Offices - Discussion with Teagasc

16.

20.07.05

(1) Implementation of Veterinary Directive (2004/28/EC) - Discussion with Pharmaceutical Union, Animal and Plant Health Association and IFA;

(2) Consolidation of Single Farm Payments for Irish Potato Growers — Presentation by the IFA Potato Committee

17.

14.09.05

Facing the Challenges of Future of Agriculture - Presentation by Mr Brian McKenna, Head of College of Life Sciences and Food, UCD

18.

13.10.05

Agenda for Women in Agriculture - Discussion with Members of the Australian Agriculture Movement

19.

19.10.05

(1) Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals: COM (2005) 263 — Proposal for Council Regulations to reform the EU Sugar Regime — Discussion with officials from Department of Agriculture and Food’

(2) WTO Negotiations — Discussion with IFA

20.

02.11.05

Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals — (1) COM (2005) 304 - Proposal for a Council Decision on Community strategic guidelines for Rural Development (Programming period 2007-2013) — Discussion with officials from the Department of Agriculture and Food and Department of Community Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs;

(2) COM(2005) 396 - Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the provisional prohibition in Greece of the marketing of seeds of maize hybrids with the genetic modification MON 810 inscribed in the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species, pursuant to Directive 2002/53/EC3 — Discussion with officials from the Department of Agriculture and Food and Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government;

(3) Current World Trade Talks - Presentation by Trade Matters

21.

16.11.05

Update on WTO Negotiations - Discussion with Officials from the Department of Agriculture and Food

22.

30.11.05

(1) WTO Negotiations — Presentation by the ICMSA;

(2) Impact of the Nitrates Action Plan on Intensive Agriculture Producers — Discussion with officials from the Department of Agriculture & Food and the Department of Environment, Heritage & Local Government

23

14.12.05

Pension Issues for Farmers - Discussion with Officials from Department of Social and Family Affairs