Macra calls on Minister not to forget the ‘forgotten farmers’ in Budget 2025

In this long running saga of the 'forgotten farmers', Budget 2025 presents the last chance saloon for this group of farmers who missed out as a result of austerity cuts in 2008. Support for the forgotten farmers is included in the Program for Government and the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie Mc Conalogue has made commitments at various Macra events that he will deliver for the forgotten farmers.

Macra national president Elaine Houlihan said “I call on the Minister to give his full support and honor his commitment by putting in place the necessary funding in Budget 2025. A proposal to support forgotten farmers is part of Macra’s 2025 pre budget submission and for the last decade or more Macra has been actively involved in discussion and has made countless submissions in relation to the forgotten farmers."

Every effort must be made to accommodates the forgotten farmers through the provision of a scheme that is rolled out before the end of 2024.