Charlie McConalogue

Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP)::That all farmers in the scheme must be paid in full on all of their eligible animals. The Minister for Agriculture in his mart meetings on CAP committed publicly that all farmers taking part in the SCEP would be paid in full on all of…

Rates of Stamp Duty -::Agriculture is removed from the commercial definition and revised in line with the residential stamp duty charge of 1%, up to €1m, and 2% thereafter.::Young Trained Farmer Stamp Duty Relief -::Amendment to allow the business plan to be submitted to Teagasc…

The proposed Residential Zoned Land Tax will not apply to currently used agricultural land in a manner similar to the exemption provided under the Vacant Site Levy exemption.

To highlight how the New Ash Dieback Scheme must compensate for loss of timber asset.::To require a 100% reconstitution grant for all infected plantations, enabling forest owners to clearfell and replant with tree species that satisfy their management objectives.::To propose…

To highlight that the catch-crop grazing requirements introduced by the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine, without proper consultation or communication with farmers are impractical.::To seek a further review and immediate introduction of practical solutions. These…

To highlight that the new National Beef Welfare Scheme (NBWS) announced by the Minister for Agriculture is a support for service providers, not farmers.::To demonstrate that this is a poorly designed scheme. The payment per farmer is far too low and on too few cows. Most of it…

To highlight how many tillage farmers are facing into a serious loss-making situation, with feed spring barley and winter wheat incurring significant losses per acre, particularly on rented land.::To demonstrate that analysis completed by IFA shows that a 2.6t/ac spring feed…

To call on the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to ensure that all farmers who applied for the new liming programme are accepted into the scheme in full.::To highlight that farmers are keen to improve on-farm efficiencies and their environmental footprint. There is…

BoyleSports intention is to maintain and continue dialogue with public officials. By sharing information on key measures that BoyleSports have already enacted. Engagement on the proposed measures within the draft Bill, discuss BoyleSports view and solicit the views of the…

Worker membership of the Board of the Marine Institute.

To have the ICSA pre-budget submission taken into account by the Ministers for Finance, Agriculture and Public Expenditure

To get substantial amendments to the EU proposed law in terms of removing certain articles, ensuring that no farmer owned land would be compulsorily re-wetted and that any measures carried out by farmers would reflect the permanent nature of change to that land holding and…

To get emergency funding from the Brexit reserve for the sheep sector for 23-24 and to get an increased payment under the sheep improvement scheme and a payment for wool management under the longer term

Land which has been farmed for thepast five years by the owner and which continues to be farmed should not be subject to the zoned land tax

To ensure that livestock farms in Ireland would not be required to be licensed under a costly and bureaucratic process as proposed under the Industrial Emissions Directive