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The Department of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and the Marine (Irish: An Roinn Talmhaíochta, Bia, Iascaigh agus Mara) is a department of the Government of Ireland. According to the department, its mission is to "lead the sustainable development of a competitive, consumer focused agri-food sector and to contribute to a vibrant rural economy and ...
Together, Marcus and FareShare spearheaded the founding of the Child Food Poverty Taskforce, which in 2021 successfully lobbied the government for a summer extension of the voucher scheme - a replacement for free school lunches - as well as a Winter Package that lasted until Easter 2021, supporting vulnerable children through the winter of 2020.
Title III: Food for Development—provides government-to-government grants of agricultural commodities, which are tied to policy reform Title IV: General Authorities and Requirements – establishes prohibited uses including no aid to human rights violators, no aid to military, and no competition with U.S. producers
A wide-scale privatization program was launched in 1992–1994, using a voucher privatization scheme; from 1995, a monetary scheme was used. Gazprom (1994) LUKoil (1995) Mechel (1995) MMC Norilsk Nickel (1995) Novolipetsk Steel (1995) Surgutneftegaz (1995) YUKOS (1995)
It was signed on 16 December 2010 by the Irish Government under then-Taoiseach Brian Cowen on one hand, and on the other hand by the European Commission on behalf of the Eurogroup, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). On 15 December 2013, Ireland exited the programme.
Safefood (also known as The Food Safety Promotion Board; FSPB; Irish: An Bord um Chur Chun Cinn Sabháilteachta Bia; [1] Ulster-Scots: Tha Mait Safétie Fordèrin Boord [2] or The Meat Sauftie Forder Buird), [3] is the public body responsible for raising consumer awareness of issues relating to food safety and healthy eating across the island of Ireland (both Northern Ireland and the Republic ...
[105] The government's austerity programme, which involves reduction in government policy, has been linked to a rise in food banks. A study published in the British Medical Journal in 2015 found that each one percentage point increase in the rate of Jobseeker's Allowance claimants sanctioned was associated with a 0.09 percentage point rise in ...
A €10million scheme to vaccinate 26,000 12-year-olds against cervical cancer by September 2009 was announced in September 2008. Minister for Health and Children Mary Harney pulled the scheme just three months later due to a withdrawal of funding as a result of the government budget. She cited that there would not be enough money to fund her ...