Charlie McConalogue

Opening of National Reserve for 2017

Opening of National Reserve for 2017

To ensure the the Common Agricultural Policy 2020 has included in it measures to increase and further generation renewal and thus include measures focused on young farmers.

Highlight the importance of the role the Land Mobility Service has in promoting land mobility and the need for continued funding of the programme.

Meeting

DBE guidelines: meeting::Greyhound Industry Bill submission: addition of amendment to the Bill which would include a provision for a white list which contains countries where Irish greyhounds can be exported to based on their animal welfare standards

Overview of cattle residency and movement rules including new live export rules.

Highlight the importance of the role the Land Mobility Service has in promoting land mobility and the need for continued funding of the programme.

To ensure the the Common Agricultural Policy 2020 has included in it measures to increase and further generation renewal and thus include measures focused on young farmers.

That any such legislation would provide for an Independent Ombudsman to over see the enforcement of the Grocery Goods Regulations 2016::That any such Ombudsman would be totally independent from the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC)

Agri-Environment Schemes - GLAS - that funding of €250m is allocated for agri-environment schemes in Budget 2017, with full payments for all GLAS, AEOS and oranic scheme participants::Areas of Natural Constraints - that funding is increased by €25m in Budget 2017, to €225m, This…

That the Autumn re-opening of the revised GLAS Scheme, when combined with the ongoing applications, must accommodate over 50,000 farmer places::That the implementation of the targeted output Agri-Environment Scheme, which will complement existing environmental programmes, will…

That the Minister for Agriculture would put in place a crisis fund for farmers who have suffered crop losses of 25-50% and straw losses in excess of 50%::That Aid would be paid on a once-off basic to cereal and oilseed growers who can demonstrate that they incurred substantial…

That the Grocery Goods Regulations would be properly enforced::That an Independent Retail Ombudsman would be appointed::That there be a ban on Below Cost Selling

Seek support of Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food & Marine for a number of ICMSA policy initiatives.