Charlie McConalogue

Climate justice at global level including increase in volume of climate finance delivered by Ireland in line with fair share & implementation of loss and damage fund

Showcase of Kildare Businesses to Government TD's/Ministers with specific call for action for a business fund to support SME's

To press for payment within agreed time frames

To get extensions to deadlines for slurry spreading in light of inclement weather

To highlight the greatest concerns impacting businesses and Kildare's competitiveness such as housing, labour shortages and public transport.

To work towards improved water quality but also to ensure that measures are fair, balanced, do not impose unnecessary red tape and do not affect less intensive farmers more than is necessary

To encourage a more understanding approach from DAFM to risk of mental health issues in farmers and to give greater consideration to this in terms of DAFM communications with farmers and in relation to scheme terms and inspections

To seek amendments to the SCEP terms and conditions, the new ICBF indexes or both. to convey farmer anger over the process, and the sense that breeding policy is being directed in a manner unfair to suckler farmers, particularly having regard to the SCEP scheme pressures

To ensure that schemes to utilise funding announced in the budget for sheep and sucklers are used in the most farmer friendly way, to ensure that funding is not contingent on SBLAS membership, to ensure that T&Cs of the schemes do not result in significant leakage of funding to…

To secure the attendance of Minister Ryan to deliver the opening address and Minister Mc Conalogue the closing address at the National Bioenergy Conference and the attendance of other officials

A realisation by public officials that our sector cannot sustain the increases in labour costs without directed assistance.

That the Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine comes forward with a comprehensive package of supports for the Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) programme, which includes the full on-farm testing cost for the disease.::To highlight that the costs of Bovine Viral Diarrhoea…

To emphasise that farmers are committed to playing their part in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Already, they have made significant investments to improve efficiency and reduce emissions. In dealing with the climate change challenge, it is imperative that Irish farmers'…

To acknowledge the support for farmers in the Shannon Callows who have suffered significant losses because of the flooding caused by heavy rainfall.::To acknowledge that the move by the Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine to provide €325/ha will go some way to…

To highlight the impact of the proposed Sustainable Use of Pesticides Regulation on Irish farming, especially the tillage sector.::To highlight to the Irish MEP's the potential impact the Sustainable Use Regulation (SUR) proposals could have on Irish farming.::- Tillage farming…