Charlie McConalogue

Transparency and accountability of public funds.

This problem is causing much frustration among farm advisors and is totally unacceptable and unprofessional.

To ensure value for money is happening

To give clarification on the expenditure of funds.

That all sectors of farming are adequately and fairly represented at various meetings and forums.

To establish exactly why IBLA as a legitimate farm organisation that represents beef and sheep farmers are not being invited or included in important forums concerning their members.

That action is being taken by the relevant bodies which are in place to ensure proper service.

To establish important information regarding carbon credits for the forestry sector.

To simplify the system to benefit everyone concerned

To highlight how breeders of thoroughbred horses can be supported through a revised distribution model of prize money. Currently breeders of any racehorse are not recognised in the distribution model of Prize money. there is no financial recognition in prize fund allocation for…

To seek the immediate intervention of the Minister for Agriculture to extend the scope of the Shannon Callows Flood Scheme so that all impacted farmers receive full compensation for the financial losses incurred where lands have been flooded and crops destroyed.::To highlight…

To highlight how vital it is that the actions identified in the Tillage Vision Report are implemented swiftly to prevent terminal damage to the tillage sector. Tillage farmers have faced falling grain prices, input cost remaining high, loss of rented land and extreme weather…

To call on the Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine for a further extension to the permitted spreading deadline in the National Liming Programme.::To highlight that, while the extension provided to 31 March and later to 28 June 2024 must be acknowledged, the persistent…

To seek an extension of the deadline for sowing Wild Bird Cover as there has been unseasonal heavy rainfall, making the land impassable.::To highlight that the prolonged wet weather has generated difficult ground conditions with only a limited window to carry out any land…

To highlight the critical issue of compensation for salmonella outbreaks in poultry flocks. Recent incidents have highlighted significant gaps in the current compensation framework, which are placing our farmers under severe financial strain and threatening the long-term…