Charlie McConalogue

To discuss the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) 2023 - 2027 including schemes and implementation

IFA Proposes:::1. Active farmers should not be forced to pay this ‘Land Hoarding tax'. Lands that are genuinely farmed and used as an integral part of the farm business should not be liable for the proposed Residential Zoned Land Tax, in a manner similar to the exemption…

To highlight to the Minister for Agriculture, food and the Marine how most pig farmers are losing on average c€56,000 per month and that there are 20-30% of farmers at serious risk of having to exit the sector.::To propose a 'Pig Stability Fund' in conjunction with Meat Industry…

To highlight the crisis in the Sheep Sector.::- Lamb prices are €1.50 per kg lower than the same time last year. Prices are currently 23c/kg behind last year's levels or almost €5/lamb, despite the enormous input cost increases of over 30%.::- This is further compounded by the…

To establish what emergency funding is available to help alleviate the current energy bills crisis for companies in the primary agricultural, fishery or aquaculture sectors given that they are excluded from the Ukraine enterprise crisis scheme.::To query why companies in the…

To seek clarification on the education requirements for female farmers to access to the Targeted Agricultural Modernisaton Schemes (TAMS) grant.

To explore Ireland's adoption of renewable technologies, including rooftop solar and anaerobic digestion and to make them more attractive for farmers.

To highlight the potential negative imports on the agriculture sector of an unrealistic sectoral ceiling::This is reflected in more detail in a KPMG report commissioned by the Irish Farmers Journal, Ireland's 2030 Carbon Emissions Targets — An Economic Impact Assessment for the…

To secure compensation from for farmers affected by the Drumkeeran Landslide as per previous commitment.

To ensure all farmers who apply to new ACRES Scheme get an environmental Scheme payment in 2023::To ensure that measures within the scheme be as simple and flexible as possible to maximize payment within the scheme

Awareness of the work of Ruhama and influence on policy relating to Domestic, Sexual Gender Based Violence

Meeting with ALDI Ireland to inform about ALDI's business in Ireland

To provide political stakeholders with IOOA's detailed consultation submission, noting the omission of consideration of future indigenous gas from the Review, and highlighting that indigenous gas has low emission intensity and the potential to replace higher emission imported…

Policy responses to energy and climate crisis that prioritise energy poverty eradication and decarbonisation

(With regard to levies and bans to single-use items proposed in The Bill) Amendments to the proposed scale and values of levies, that levies or potential bans take into account levels of plastic content and are more focused on better overall environmental outcomes, that the…