Politician · TD · 34th Dáil
Returns filed on the Register of Lobbying, newest first, with the policy area and intended results as the lobbyist published them.
Maintaining the national suckler cow herd through increased direct payments and a strong live export trade::To secure €50 per head increase in suckler cow supports::The establishment of a new dedicated live export unit in the Department of Agriculture and Bord Bia to drive the…
To continue to highlight the issues with flooding of farm land from the river Shannon and also Turloughs
That on National Potato Day (NPD), consumers and retailers would support the €85m farm gate sector::The Government would continue its support for the Sector through Bord Bia's 3-year promotion campaign designed in 2017 to signal the health benefits of the potato
To highlight dog attacks on sheep flocks and ensure responsible dog ownership by introducing a central database
To get increased supports for the sheep sector
To discuss the future of CAP and proposed changes that will affect Irish farmers::That there would be an increased CAP Budget::That Direct Payments to farmers would continue::To retain the two pillar model of CAP::To ensure the delivery of environmental public goods and enhanced…
To explain IFA Policy on all areas of concern to farmers::To lobbying all Designate Public Officials (DPOs) who visited the stand
That farmers who have applied for TAMS, and who have put down a deposit before formal approval, are allowed claim the deposit as a legitimate expense in claiming grant aid
To give IFA's response to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food & the Marine's Report on 'Future of the Tillage Sector in Ireland'::That the report would adopt a number of recommendations made by IFA including:::The abolition of anti-dumping duties on ammonium…
That maximum flexibility would be shown by the Department of Agriculture in the implementation of commonage framework plans for more than 9000 farmers on 3500 commonages throughout the country in the GLAS Scheme::That the Commonage Implementation Committee would:::- examine…
That there would be a coordinated Government response to address farm viability, deliver off-farm employment opportunities, and to upskill farm households::That the information in the Teagasc Report will provide a valuable input into future policy development, under the CAP and…
That the scheme must deliver for farmers impacted by designation of their land::That a significant amount of the €25m allocation to the Hen Harrier Locally-Led Scheme must benefit farmers::To inform farmers and politicians that IFA will convene a special meeting to discuss the…
To demonstrate that there are mixed fortunes in 2017 farm incomes::To demonstrate the low incomes of drystock and tillage farmers::To demonstrate that price volatility remains a huge threat to all sectors particularly the dairy sector
That decisions by the WHO are strongly supported by factual evidence::To recognise that the use of antibiotics on farms is already heavily regulated
That farmers would get fair judgement in cases where farmers' Basic Payment Scheme payments are being held back by the Department of Agriculture as a result of their lands being deemed to have been burned