Charlie McConalogue

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…

To highlight that Ireland's beef sector is the largest farm sector by farmer number with over 100,000 farmers involved.::To emphasise that the single most important component of this sector is the suckler herd with 60,000 farms. The sector generated €2.52bn in export value for…

IFA's Submission::- to participate in the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine's working group on Agriculture Water Quality.::- to address the flaws associated with Article 12 of the EU's Implementing Decision on 29th April 2022 granting Ireland a derogation included…

To highlight how, although demand for beef is strong, this is not being reflected in the prices paid by factories to the farmers.::To highlight how the prices being offered by the factories are not consistent with the breakeven price projected by Teagasc for the year to date,…

• 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…

The need to obtain Bar liquidity/ additional time for spending within the Programme.

Increased awareness on mental health related stigma and increased profile of the Green Ribbon programme of Shine.

To work with the Cross Party Parliamentary Diabetes Committee to develop a work stream to include the development of a strategic framework to improve quality of life for people with diabetes and reduce long term costs to the health service of diabetes complications.

Suspension of Land Restoration and Re-Wetting

To highlight that the lack of action by the management authorities of the River Shannon has resulted in thousands of acres of silage and hay being destroyed and unsalvageable.::To propose that, in the longer term, an agency must be established which would include local farmers…

To get clarity from the Minister for Agriculture on the Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT) and his response to a question on Newstalk where he stated that any active farmer who wished to continue farming and not sell their land for development could apply to their local County…

That all efforts would be made to ensure that the current nitrates derogation would be maintained for Irish farmers.::To request a meeting with An Taoiseach to discuss the IFA concerns relating to the potential effects to the agricultural sector and wider rural community, due to…

To request an exemption for this year from the shallow stubble cultivation requirement on Tillage Farms - S.I. No. 393/2022.::To highlight that due to the exceptional rainfall in the month of July that straw remains on the ground and soil conditions are trafficable for…

Support & funding for GROW at School as a garden-based learning programme under Budget 2024::Review of existing primary school programmes to review their relevance in supporting an 'environment-first' policy in support of Ireland's climate targets