Charlie McConalogue

Pay equalisation for post 2010 entrants to teaching

To inform members of the Oireachtas on the case for protecting all human life with emphasis on protecting the 8th Amendment.

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 secure a strong CAP budget post 2020. This is critical for farm incomes, farm output and wider economic activity.::To ensure that there is no reduction in the CAP budget arising from the UK exit::To ensure that options for addressing a shortfall in the CAP budget must…

That the Government would prioritise the Heritage Bill 2016 and ensure its passing through the Houses of the Oireachtas

To outline the importance of the Ireland-UK agri-food trading relationship::To demonstrate the existing structure of the UK agri-food market::To provide some key information on the importance of the UK market in sectors of strategic importance for Irish farming and food - Beef,…

To ensure Glyphosate is relicensed as a herbicide for use in agricultural, horticultural and amenity crop production::That the decision to be taken by the EU Commission is based on science and not on politics

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…

That the Department of Agriculture would include tillage crops, including potato crops, in the scheme of compensation for damage caused by the flooding

To ensure that nurseries that suffered sever damage as a result of Storm Ophelia would be included in a scheme of compensation by the Department of Agriculture

To secure support for farmers affected by the storm in Donegal

That all farmers would receive their payment on time::That 2017 payments worth €220m are paid to 50,000 farmers