Agri-Business
The issue of land availability and use will be the focus of the Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food this week.
Agri Politics
Over 20 TDs in Dáil Éireann have declared that they owned farmland or forestry during 2025 according to new data.
Minister Michael Healy-Rae is the TD with the most extensive property portfolio, according to the Dáil's Register of Members' Interests.
A Fianna Fáil TD has questioned if cross-government measures will be introduced to "reduce the sale of farm land to non-farming interests".
Rural Life
The department has communicated the legislative amendments to the RZLT as a consequence of the Finance Act 2024 to all local authorities.
165ac of land within and adjacent to the Cullahill Mountain SAC in Kilkenny is to be designated as a new nature reserve.
Landowners can be exempt from the RZLT in 2025 if they seek to have their land rezoned to reflect the activity they carry out on their land.
Minister Chambers has said he will bring a "solution" to government party leaders before the budget to exclude active farmland from the RZLT.
Concerns have been raised that a "significant" amount of farmland could fall within the scope of the Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT).
Government departments have failed to confirm to Agriland the total amount of farmland that is currently zoned under the RZLT.
The IFA has urged Minister for Finance, Jack Chambers to announce the exemption of farmland from the RZLT before Budget 2025 on October 1.
Environment
The National Biodiversity Data Centre is currently hosting a month-long event celebrating native species-rich hedgerows on farms.
Farmland values nationally are forecast to increase by 6% on average this year, according to a new report by SCSI and Teagasc.
An 86ac roadside farm located in Tonagimsy, Drum, Co. Monaghan, made €1.15 million when it was sold at an auction last Thursday (April 4)...
Property
Amendments on income tax relief for leasing farmland will not apply to anyone who inherits or is gifted land.
The revitalisation of vacant and derelict houses on farmland will be discussed by the agriculture committee today.
Fine Gael TD, Michael Ring has said that the government must end confusion over the new RZLT which is set to come in next year.
The National Biodiversity Data Centre has challenged farmers to find up to 40 different plants and animals species on their lands this year.
The average annual rental land price in Ireland stood at €353/ha in 2021, according to the latest data from Eurostat.
A major expansion of walking trails across the country will see more farmers and landowners involved in opening the countryside.
The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) has called for an extension to the submission deadline for the Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT).
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