Agriculture, food, forestry and marine policy

What this means

• The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is the Irish government body responsible for farming, food, forestry and seafood policy.[source]
• It administers the Common Agricultural Policy in Ireland, which governs how EU farming supports and subsidies are distributed to Irish farmers.[source]
• The Department is responsible for food safety controls, meaning it oversees checks that protect the public from unsafe food.[source]
• It also covers the seafood sector, making it accountable for decisions affecting fishing communities and marine resources around Ireland.[source]
• Its legal basis includes the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 and the Agriculture Appeals Act 2001, which set out its powers and how decisions can be challenged.[source]

Direct impact (1)

• duty held by body
  Department of Agriculture, Food and the MarineBody

Indirect impact (7)

Two-hop relationships traced through the entity above. Useful for spotting downstream knock-on effects.

• duty held by body → owns statutory mandate2-hop via dept-agriculture
  Administration of the Common Agricultural Policy in IrelandMandate
• duty held by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-agriculture
  Retain the nitrates derogation for farmersCommitment
• duty held by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-agriculture
  Review and protect farm income support schemesCommitment
• duty held by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-agriculture
  Increase afforestation and support the forestry sectorCommitment
• duty held by body → holds role: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine2-hop via dept-agriculture
  Martin HeydonOfficeholder
• duty held by body → holds role: Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine2-hop via dept-agriculture
  Noel GrealishOfficeholder
• duty held by body → holds role: Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and at the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment2-hop via dept-agriculture
  Timmy DooleyOfficeholder