Brian Stanley

The establishment by government of a Commission on the Future of the Media in Ireland, a long term objective of the NUJ. Lobbying coincides with World Press Freedom Day

full volunteer centre status for co Laois

Support amendment in Greyhound Industry Bill 2017 that would see inclusion of white list of countries to which Irish Greyhounds can be exported.

Increased funding for the Digital Skills for Citizens Grant Scheme.::Reform of the Digital Skills for Citizens Grant Scheme to improve training and provide technical support to the newly online.::An increase in the Telephone Support Allowance to enable older people on lower…

Better informed and more inclusive decisions for Kilkenny city and county

That all TDs would ensure that their Party would support this Bill as it makes its way through the Dáil

Competitiveness::Competitiveness - Low Cost Loans - Government funding is required in Budget 2018 to support the competiveness of farming enterprises and other SMEs through the provision of low cost loans, to fund both ongoing working capital requirements and for on-farm…

Income Volatility::Income Volatility - Extending Income Averaging to Farmer/Spouse with Additional Self-Employment - that qualification for income averaging on farming profits should be extended where the spouse and/or farmer has a fully separable source of self-employed…

To discuss the design and implementation of a RHSS::That a RHSS supports farm and community based renewable heat projects to enable farmers to integrate renewable heat production into their farm business, reducing costs and increasing efficiencies, while also directly benefiting…

Remove restrictions on planting productive marginal land::Reintroduce farmer forest premium payment differential::Compensate farmers appropriately for all land they are obliged to set aside for environmental enhancement::Reduce red tape in the forest Road Scheme::Providing…

To demonstrate that the 4-year extension to Ireland's Nitrates Derogation is crucial to the successful achievement of the dairy sector's Food Wise 2025 targets. However, it comes with conditionalities which stand to cause farmers significant additional costs over an unrealistic…

To demonstrate that the recommendations have missed an opportunity to finally address the inflexibility of farming by date when it comes to the spreading of organic manures.::To demonstrate that the proposal to restrict livestock access to waters and require water flow…

To get changes made to the Fair Deal Scheme which will remove the uncapped liability on farm assets::To outline IFA's position the need for a cap on the maximum percentage charge that can be applied to an income generating productive asset, such as a family farm

To demonstrate the impact on the farming sector::To outline the need for a take-back scheme::To demonstrate that the funding model effectively allows tyre manufacturers to sidestep their obligations::To demonstrate that it is wrong that legislation exists, which effectively…

To emphasise the importance of the funding in the ANCs and its contribution to the local rural economy::To establish how increased ANC funding would be allocated