Pippa Hackett

Shorter supply chains support Irish producers. Today, in my role as Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the...

I am an ordinary sort of person. I get on with life: working, cooking, cleaning, gardening, farming, and raising my family. I also like...

Today, I announced a fund of €17.5 million available for   open call for European Innovation Partnership projects under the general theme...

This is a great opportunity for many farmers to maximise sustainability and future-proof their business by reducing their input costs. ...

This morning, as part of Budget 2025, I was delighted to announce additional funding of €500,000 for the Rural Innovation Development...

From Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine   Published on 2 October 2024 Last updated on 2 October 2024   Minister of State in...

It was an honour to address the very first National Youth Food Summit organised by the National Youth Food Forum at Airfield Estate  in...

The endangered Hen Harrier, an iconic bird of prey traditionally found in the Slieve Bloom Nature Reserve, will be the first threatened...

It was my privilege to join Teagasc and the Heritage Council for the launch of National Hedgerow Week 2024 and no better place to be than...

From Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine   Published on 20 August 2024   Minister of State for Land Use and Biodiversity in...

I'm encouraging female entrepreneurs around Offaly and the wider Midlands to consider participating in the latest iteration of the ACORNS...

My address to the committee on Forestry and World Forest which ran from July 22 to July 26. FAO headquarters, Rome. "Deputy...

Today, together with my Ministerial Colleagues, Charlie McConalogue and Malcolm Noonan, I was delighted to launch a landmark new project...

I can't think of a better way to mark the beginning of May than taking a “Growing Organics” dairy farm walk in lovely Laois. It was my...

Today, I was delighted to deliver the key note speech at the IAIA Conference in the Convention Centre. You can read my speech below; Good...

Ireland has been a long-standing champion of global efforts to reduce hunger and malnutrition, so it was a privilege to speak at the...

Good afternoon everyone. First of all I’d like to say I really am sorry I couldn’t be here this morning to open the event, and to listen...

I welcome today’s Government approval of payments to farmers located in the Shannon Callows who have lost fodder as a result of...

I am delighted to announce that the Organic Farming Scheme is now open and will remain open until 8th December. This Government has a...

In 2020, when the Green Party entered Government and I was appointed as Minister of State within the Department of Agriculture, Food and...