Irish Co-operative Organisation Society Ltd.
Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07 Nov 2025 | Jessika Roswall Commissioner | Stakeholders’ roundtable in the area of environment | — |
| 07 Nov 2025 | Jessika Roswall Commissioner | Stakeholders’ roundtable in the area of environment | SRC |
| 15 Jul 2025 | Michael McGrath Commissioner | Exchange of views on issues related to environmental sustainability and food security | — |
| 15 Jul 2025 | Jördis Ferroli Cabinet member | Exchange of views on issues related to environmental sustainability and food security | SRC |
| 15 Jul 2025 | Michael McGrath Commissioner | Exchange of views on issues related to environmental sustainability and food security | SRC |
| 15 Oct 2024 | Mairead McGuinness Commissioner | Nitrates derogation and future of farming | — |
| 15 Oct 2024 | Mairead McGuinness Commissioner | Nitrates derogation and future of farming | SRC |
| 01 Oct 2024 | Mairead McGuinness Commissioner | Current challenges for Irish agriculture | — |
| 01 Oct 2024 | Mairead McGuinness Commissioner | Current challenges for Irish agriculture | SRC |
| 14 Jun 2018 | Tom Tynan Cabinet member | Business discussion | — |
| 14 Jun 2018 | Tom Tynan Cabinet member | Business discussion | SRC |
| 11 Apr 2018 | Peter Wehrheim Cabinet member | Climate, dairy sector in Ireland | — |
| 11 Apr 2018 | Peter Wehrheim Cabinet member | Climate, dairy sector in Ireland | SRC |
| 22 Feb 2018 | Markus Schulte Cabinet member | MFF, CAP | — |
| 22 Feb 2018 | Markus Schulte Cabinet member | MFF, CAP | SRC |
| 24 Jun 2016 | Phil Hogan Commissioner | Climate Change | — |
| 24 Jun 2016 | Phil Hogan Commissioner | Climate Change | SRC |
| 03 Nov 2015 | Phil Hogan Commissioner | Address ICOS Conference | — |
| 03 Nov 2015 | Phil Hogan Commissioner | Address ICOS Conference | SRC |
| 01 Sept 2015 | Phil Hogan Commissioner | Agriculture Affairs | SRC |
| 01 Sept 2015 | Phil Hogan Commissioner | Agriculture Affairs | — |
| 29 Jun 2015 | Marco Valletta Cabinet member | Medicated Feed and Veterinary Medicines | SRC |
| 29 Jun 2015 | Marco Valletta Cabinet member | Medicated Feed and Veterinary Medicines | — |
Mission & Goals
The Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS) is a co-operative umbrella organisation that serves and promotes commercial co-operative businesses and enterprise across multiple sections of the Irish economy. ICOS represents 130 co-operatives, which collectively have over 150,000 individual members, employ >12,000 people in Ireland (a further 24,000 abroad) and has combined turnover of €14 billion. Starting from agriculture co-op roots, and the vision of our founding President, Sir Horace Plunkett in 1894; ICOS today has evolved to serve the co-operative sector in seven core categories, namely: Multipurpose Dairy Co-ops Livestock Sector Co-ops Food, Fishing & Beverage Co-ops Store, Trade & Wholesale Co-ops Advisory and Education Related Co-ops Community Oriented, Culture & Leisure Co-ops Service Related Co-ops Our mission is: Generating leadership, competitiveness and value through stronger co-operation and world class service.
EU Legislative Interests
European Legislation affecting Irish Co-ops, including: - Common Agricultural Policy - Trade (International, EU single market, BREXIT) - EU budget - Consumer legislation (inc labelling) - Food supply chain - Innovation and research funding - Climate change and Energy policy - Veterinary and animal health and welfare issues - Food safety - Transport of animals - Environmental legislation - Competition law relating to the organisation of primary producers - Fisheries
Communication Activities
We issue a monthly newsletter to our members which may include any news items of interest to our members relating to the activities of the EU and its institutions. It will also include details of specific meetings or visits of our members of interest with MEPs and other EU Institutions.
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
ICOS is a member of COGECA, the General Confederation for Agriculture Co-operatives in the European Union. www.copa-cogeca.eu ICOS is also a member of U.E.C.B.V. – European Livestock and Meat Trading Union. www.uecbv.eu/
Organisation Members
A complete list of ICOS members can be found here: http://icos.ie/find-your-co-op/
Additional Information
The grants were for the following Erasmus programmes: €8,8570- Monetising the social value of agri-food cooperatives in rural Europe”- AgriCoopValue Grant Agreement Number 2020-1-ES01-KA202-083200 €15,137- Improving agri-food co-operatives’ capacity by speeding up the development and uptake of future skills based on digital innovations - LEADFARM 5.0