Agricultural Science Association
Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Nov 2025 | Patricia Reilly Cabinet member | Representatives of Agricultural Science Association | — |
| 11 Nov 2025 | Patricia Reilly Cabinet member | Representatives of Agricultural Science Association | SRC |
Mission & Goals
The ASA is a voluntary organisation that represents the interests of Agricultural Science, Horticulture, Forestry, Environmental and Food science graduates. We organise a national conference in September annually for our members and also host a black tie gala dinner. Throughout the year, we might organise smaller events and visits for our members. A study tour is also part of our remit.
EU Legislative Interests
The association is not a lobbying organisation. From time to time, we may wish to travel to Brussels to meet with our MEPs and/or Commission staff for the purposes of allowing our members to see the EU institutions at work. Effectively this is a study tour. We hope to secure a meeting with Irish Meps. For this reason, we were asked to complete this registration process. As President of the Association, I wish to bring some members to Brussels to see how the institutions work. There is no agenda for this meeting. It will be more of a listening exercise to hear about topical issues from our MEPs. Our policy areas of interest will be agriculture and food.
Communication Activities
N/A
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
No other organisation links - we are a stand alone charity in Ireland, we don't have any formal links to other agencies.
Organisation Members
www.asaireland.ie We don't pubicaly share our membership list. We have approximately 1120 'individual members' who pay a membership fee to the association.
Additional Information
The association hires one office admin person to manage the association. The association does not apply for grants or receive supports.