Charlie McConalogue

Attendance at the Veterinary Ireland Annual General Meeting and Conference, 24th November 2023, Mullingar Park Hotel.

Communicate the priorities of the co-operative sector to Government in advance of Budget 2024.

To get SWAN asks adopted in the River Basin Management Plan: 1. The plan must be far more ambitious and include targeted measures to restore ALL waters to healthy status by 2027 and halt deterioration. ::2. Agriculture policy must be brought in line with the Water Framework…

Stronger measures in the RBMP to stop agriculture's impact on our declining water quality

Include a Ban Bottom Trawling and end to bycatch of sensitive species

The continuation of the application of health certificates

Awareness of the strategic importance of Leopardstown Racecourse

Awareness of the economic & strategic importance of the horse racing industry

That Irish elected representatives support an ambitious EU Nature Restoration Law in EU negotiations

To invite a representative of the Department of Rural and Community Development to attend a Hill Farming Committee Meeting to update committee members on the proposed Dog Control legislation.::To acknowledge that, while the new regulations announced by the Minister for Rural and…

To highlight concerns about the lack of clarity as to whether individual applications have been approved in Tranche 1 of the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS) 3, this, in turn, is delaying commencement of any works ahead of this winter, and creating huge…

To highlight that the Nitrates Derogation is extremely important to the dairy and other sectors of farming.::To demonstrate extreme disappointment that the Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine has not be able to convince the EU Commission to maintain the 250K org N for…

To insist on an immediate review of the table of late payment dates for 2023 sent to farmers by the Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine.::To highlight that this was done before the negotiations on the Farmers' Charter of Rights had properly commenced.::To highlight…

To highlight the following priorities for Budget 2024::Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR).::- A fair share of the €1bn Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) must be ringfenced for farmers.::- Potential displacement in the UK market in 2024 of €300m of beef and €75m of sheep meat due to…

To highlight that a levy on concrete and concrete products in Budget 2023 will have a major financial impact on many IFA members who rely on concrete as one of the main raw materials for farm buildings construction as well as silage and slurry storage structure.::To highlight…