Charlie McConalogue

Indication of support for ban on wild animal circuses

Widen knowledge base of Meat Industry Ireland (MII) policy priorities for the meat processing sector.

FDII priorities for Budget 2017 to support development of the food and drink sector specifically:::Tax measures to support Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) growth and innovation and ensure level playing field with UK.::No additional tax on soft drinks.::Increase funding for…

To tackle income volatility:::- Extension of income averaging where farmer’s spouse is self-employed - where a spouse of a farmer has a fully separable source of income from self-employment, income averaging should be allowed on the farm profits.::- Individualising income…

Enhancement of Farm Schemes:::- TAMS on-farm investment support scheme - immediate approval for all farmers who have applied for tranches 1 & 2::- Payments in July for those farmers who have completed works under the part approvals issued earlier in the year::- Beef Data and…

That Ireland gets EU approval to pay 70% advance on the Basic Payment Scheme to help cashflow on farms::That all payments must be made on time in line with deadlines set down in the Charter of Farmers' Rights

That the Department of Social Protection carries out an immediate review of Farm Assist::That this review restores income and child disregards that were abolished in recent budgets which greatly reduced the effectiveness of this scheme in assisting farm families under income…

That the foal levy would be collected on the actual stallion fee paid by the breeder and not the advertised fee for the stallion, as per the S.I.::That the composition of the Foal Levy Committee (in Horse Racing Ireland) is addressed to ensure that all breeders are represented…

To achieve a new tagging and identification system that meets the requirements of farmers::To achieve a competitive and cost effective bovine tag identification tag supply system and diagnostic testing for farmers::To achieve a system that reduces loss rates::To ensure that a…

That the Department of Agriculture takes on board IFA proposals to amend the RDP which will better utilise the €4bn funding available over the lifetime of the Programme

To stay with the existing derogation and not introduce compulsory EID

To prevent any further diminution of competition in the purchase of cattle and sheep

Ensuring that the key issues for Irish Agriculture are central to EU negotitions

That the Government takes a stance at EU level to support the IFA campaign to remove tariffs and duties on EU fertiliser imports.::This would deliver annual savings of €50 - €70m to Irish farmers

That Irish agriculture is not sacrificed in pursuit of trade deals::That the Government takes strong opposition to any concessions on sensitive products, in particular the reintroduction of an offer on beef with Mercosur countries::On TTIP - the Government must insist that the…