More than €9 million in special payments to Clare farmers
Clare Fine Gael TD Joe Carey has confirmed that 4,036 farmers throughout the county will receive average payments of €2,325 under the 2016 Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) Scheme. “More than €9,385,000 is due to be paid to Clare farmers from this Wednesday (September 21) and Minister Michael Creed has assured me that the Department […]
Levelling the field for part-time farmers
CLARE Fine Gael TD Joe Carey is leading a campaign to change a Department of Agriculture regulation that excludes thousands of part-time farmers from a €100 million knowledge transfer programme. Funded by the Irish taxpayer and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, knowledge transfer groups are being implemented for 27,000 farmers across the beef, […]
Education plan will open Clare schools to local communities
The Government Action Plan for Education provides major opportunities for communities all over County Clare to make use of school buildings and resources for after-school child care and a range of locally-based activities. That’s the view of Clare Fine Gael TD Joe Carey who said that the plan, announced today (Thursday, September 15) by Education […]