Better Farming for Water - 8 Actions for Change
30 May 2024 30 May 2024
Event Time 9.30 AM
Venue Teagasc Research Centre, Ashtown, Dublin 15, D15DY05
This national multi-actor campaign focused on improving water quality in Ireland, will be launched by the Minister for Agriculture,Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, T.D.
Venue Teagasc Research Centre, Ashtown, Dublin 15, D15DY05
The national campaign aims to support and accelerate the adoption of actions on all farms to improve all water bodies, where agriculture is a significant pressure, to Good or High ecological status.
Time | Agenda |
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9.30 AM | Registration - Tea/Coffee |
10.00 AM | Welcome Address - Liam Herlihy, Chair, Teagasc Authority |
10.05 AM | Ministerial Address - Charlie McConalogue, T.D., Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine |
10.20 AM | National Water Quality Campaign Opening Address - Professor Frank O’Mara, Director of Teagasc |
10.35 AM | Better Farming for Water, 8-Actions for Change - Dr Daire Ó hUallacháin, Environment, Soils & Land User Department, Teagasc Pat Murphy, Head of Environment & Knowledge Transfer, Teagasc |
10.55 AM |
Getting Up & Running - examples of new initiatives underway Building Awareness of Local Water Quality using new Advisory Resources. Fiona Doolan, Sustainability Advisor, Teagasc Development and Utilisation of Digital Tools to Enable Better On-Farm Decision Making - Dr Siobhán Jordan, Head of the Technology Transfer and Commercialisation |
11.05 AM | Panel Discussion and Q&A: Chair Caitriona Morrissey Better Farming for Water - The Way Forward • Francie Gorman, IFA President • Eamonn Carroll, ICMSA Deputy President • Pat Sheahan, Chair of Dairy Industry Ireland • Philip Carroll, Chair of Meat Industry Ireland • Dr Eimear Cotter, Director of Office of Evidence and Assessment at EPA • Dr Stan Lalor, Director of Knowledge Transfer, Teagasc |
11.55 AM | Next Steps - Professor Pat Dillon, Director of Research, Teagasc |
12.05 PM | Refreshments |