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Thursday, July 15, 2010
IFA launches a scathing attack on Green policies
THE Green Party’s ideology on rural Ireland is causing growing rural anger according to the IFA.
IFA official Eddie Downey has accused the government party of having scant regard for the economic damage and views of rural people.
"The Greens are pursuing their own idyllic illusion for rural ireland, which is not connected to the economic reality of rural areas and has no regard for rural culture and traditions," Mr Downey remarked.
He said the Wildlife Amendment Bill and the Dog Breeders Establishment Bill are the latest in a series of issues where the Greens are ignoring the strongly held views of rural communities and people actually trying to make a living in the rural economy.
"Farmers feel badly left down by the Green Party’s failure to fight for additional funding for the Rural Environment Protection Scheme and the Agri-Environment Options Scheme which by any standards should be top of their agenda," the IFA spokesman said.
"These are crucial measures to enhance the rural environment in a sustainable way, while helping to maintain farmers in employment and benefitting the rural economy, but the Greens turned their back on them," Mr Downey claimed.
"When it came to carbon tax, the Greens persisted in imposing additional costs on farming and damaging our international competitiveness.
"They insisted on cutting the incomes of farmers who have no alternative fuels to farm the land and rural dwellers who have no access to public transport," he continued.
The IFA official said Green-sponsored legislation to restrict traditional field sports, including deer hunting and stalking, is a clear attack on a traditional rural way of life that is also a substantial generator of economic activity.
Mr Downey said the Dog Breeders Establishment Bill seems designed to ban the commercial breeding of dogs when existing legislation could be employed to deal with welfare issues.
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