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AGRICULTURE MINISTER SIMON Coveney said that Irish farmers have had a “tough” year so far and that he is “very conscious” of their frustrations and stress as he arrived for another round of CAP negotiations at Dublin Castle this morning.
“It has been a really bad year for Irish farmers,” he told reporters ahead of a meeting of European Union agriculture ministers, citing “extraordinary weather patterns”, the horsemeat scandal and the fodder crisis.
“We have never had to import grass before,” he said. “Ireland is one of the most efficient growers of grass in Europe.”
The Minister, who is current chair of the Council of Agriculture Ministers, said he was “energised and determined” to get a good deal for Irish and European farmers during CAP discussions. We want to give them certainty in the future about payments, he claimed.
However, the Fine Gael TD warned there was “a lot of things to do” before a final compromise was reached.
“This process is not over the line yet. There are difficult issues to be resolved.” Those possible roadblocks include budgets, greening payments, internal convergence and voluntary-coupled support.
If there is a “perfect-case scenario”, Coveney said a final and legal decision will be made in a trilogue at the European Parliament following talks with the Council and European Commission in June. He said willingness and flexibility would be required from the three institutions for such an outcome.
Members of the IFA will protest outside Dublin Castle after a warning from President John Bryan that CAP Reform must support active, productive farmers. Any other result would deliver a “serious blow” to Irish farmers’ production base and represent “political failure by the Minister”, it said in a statement.
The association remains opposed to a mandatory minimum payment, noting that if the flexibilities on the payments achieved in March were lost, it would be a “watershed moment” for Coveney’s credibility.
“The Minister for Agriculture must stand his ground and insist that the flexibilities agreed at the March meeting, which did not include a minimum payment, are retained in the final deal.”
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Like what other option do you have with some people who are violent to the extent they can’t be around people… Is doping them out of there head non stop any better
As long as you are aware that the prescribed psychoactive drugs they pump into people can also increase the risk of violence. Here is a forensic Psychaitrist from Australia.
Adverse Reactions to Psychiatric Drugs: Yolande Lucire MBBS, Peter Breggin MD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEoSs6Yo0DA
Prof David Healy and Dr Peter Breggin also do great work in getting the truth out about these drugs.
This is seriously unfair and insulting to psychiatric nurses, a profession which has many wonderful, hard-working people.
Restraining is for everyone’s safety. Bonkers attitude
More shit from people completely put of touch with the reality, this would be fantastic if psychiatric nurses didn’t have to restrain seclude or even medicate at that, but unfortunately we live in reality where sometimes people with mental health issuers are aggressive and violent, as long as this happens restraint and seclusion will be a necessity, the alternative is high doses of sedatives ??? Which would you choose
The mental health commission obviously dont have a clue what they are talking about!
Its the same in nursing homes we recently had an issue with my mother after a fall..not her first..and were told she couldn’t be strapped into a chair because its too restricting even though it would be for her own safety.
Isn’t it important to look at if restraint actually works/helps people recover? It should be a last resort. This blog from someone on the damage restraint did to her is interesting: http://www.mind.org.uk/blog/9010_i_needed_help_not_harm?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social+media&utm_campaign=Restraint
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