Alice-Mary Higgins

Increased awareness among decision makers in the areas of TUSLA Child & Family Services, Education, HSE Disability. Irish Youth Justice and Mental Health about the work that YAP Ireland does and the strong outcomes that we achieve with young people and families

To provide the members with FLAC’s submission and to advise them that we would be happy to meet any member(s) of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality to discuss the matters raised in our submission.

To provide the recipients with a copy of the report compiled by FLAC on foot of its engagement with academics and legal practitioners in relation to the proposed referendums and to update them on FLAC’s work in this area.

To raise awareness and recognition of the role of fisheries management in carbon management and therefore climate action. To advocate for the inclusion of fisheries management and related missions in the national emissions inventory and the climate action plan. To hold a…

Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP)::That all farmers in the scheme must be paid in full on all of their eligible animals. The Minister for Agriculture in his mart meetings on CAP committed publicly that all farmers taking part in the SCEP would be paid in full on all of…

Rates of Stamp Duty -::Agriculture is removed from the commercial definition and revised in line with the residential stamp duty charge of 1%, up to €1m, and 2% thereafter.::Young Trained Farmer Stamp Duty Relief -::Amendment to allow the business plan to be submitted to Teagasc…

The proposed Residential Zoned Land Tax will not apply to currently used agricultural land in a manner similar to the exemption provided under the Vacant Site Levy exemption.

To highlight how the New Ash Dieback Scheme must compensate for loss of timber asset.::To require a 100% reconstitution grant for all infected plantations, enabling forest owners to clearfell and replant with tree species that satisfy their management objectives.::To propose…

Additional resources for An Bord Pleanála.::Additional resources for the NPWS.::Additional resources for the MARA

Investment in port infrastructure to facilitate offshore wind energy.::Update the National Ports Policy to enable the State to invest in port infrastructure for offshore renewable energy.::Include industry in the Offshore Wind Delivery Task-force and all its relevant…

Farm Schemes -::To propose a tax credit for new and existing individuals practising as independent agronomists.::To propose that funding should be provided to enable young tillage farmers under 40 to upskill and undertake courses in agronomy and integrated pest management.::To…

• The allocation to the Irish farming sector from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) needs to reflect the importance of the UK market to Irish primary producers and to protect them against the disproportionate impact of Brexit on Irish agrifood exports. Farmers, as price…

To highlight how successive Government policies have restricted eligible land, eroded productive area, increased the regulatory burden and have made farmers wary of committing their land. The risks associated with planting have become too great.::To emphasise that the Government…

To raise awareness of ACE Ireland's investment in new state-of-the-art robotic sorting technology in Ireland's largest materials recovery facility which will identify, pick, and sort cartons into their own dedicated streams for onward recycling at a specialised carton facility…

Inform on ActionAid's focus on austerity and concerns on the IMF and how austerity is increasing poverty levels.