Land Mobility Service Responds to Generational Renewal Report: "Fund what works"

The Land Mobility Service has welcomed today’s publication of the Commission on Generational Renewal’s report, while warning that delivery and funding of proven solutions will be critical to ensuring farming’s future.

Service Manager Patrick Brady said the report highlights challenges that farmers and policymakers have long known: a lack of land access, succession barriers, and the urgent need to support the next generation.

“There’s no need for the Government to reinvent the wheel. We have the service, it works, it works very well, just fund it,” said Brady.

The Land Mobility Service, which has successfully facilitated over one thousand farm partnerships, leasing agreements, and succession arrangements across the country, has been widely recognised as a practical, on-the-ground model for supporting young farmers and enabling older farmers to step back with security.

Brady stressed that while reports and recommendations are valuable, what matters now is action:

“We need to see the Government commit to scaling up the supports that already deliver results. The Land Mobility Service provides the structures and guidance families need to make succession and land mobility a reality. The demand is there — all that is missing is adequate funding.”

The Service is calling for clear financial backing from Government to ensure the continuation and expansion of its work, warning that failure to act risks stalling generational renewal just as momentum is building.

“Today’s report must not gather dust,” Brady concluded. “Farmers young and old need certainty. The solution is in front of us — now is the time to deliver.”

This press release was published on September 16th 2025