Charlie McConalogue

Publication of an implementation plan for the Neurorehabilitation Strategy, Investment in neurorehabilitation services, greater awareness of need for neurorehabilitation services among elected representatives

Ireland and Europe are struggling to make climate progress in transport. Support for safe effective low carbon tillage crop biofuels in transport, and accompanying standards, is needed to assure significant progress can be made. Ireland faces a major challenge in reducing the…

Ensure that the scale and speed of eir's current and planned network investment is fully understood by Oireachtas members

Highlighting the challenges facing the retail sector

Ensure understanding of business position on emerging economic recovery::Ensure understanding of business priorities for government supports for companies::Ensure that public representatives understand how the capital plan should be financed::Ensure understanding of difficulties…

Ensure understanding of the agri-food sector's policy recommendations in relation to Brexit, namely: Competitiveness; Safety & Reputation; Innovation, Skills & Human Capital.

Ensure awareness of the economic risks associated with Brexit and the likely impact that different scenarios have for individual Irish agrifood companies::To ensure understanding of the necessary changes of state-aid for the agri-food sector.

Ensure understanding of implications of Brexit for the Irish agri-food sector and ensure commitment on actions necessary to mitigate the impact

To inform policy stakeholders and advance requirement for a fit-for-purpose funding model to support nursing home care provision in Ireland.

Consideration of PLS submission at Committee::Consideration of pre-Budget 2018 submission ahead of Budget::participate in Bring Your Dog to Work Day

To inform members of the Oireachtas on the case for protecting all human life with emphasis on protecting the 8th Amendment.

Competitiveness::Competitiveness - Low Cost Loans - Government funding is required in Budget 2018 to support the competiveness of farming enterprises and other SMEs through the provision of low cost loans, to fund both ongoing working capital requirements and for on-farm…

Income Volatility::Income Volatility - Extending Income Averaging to Farmer/Spouse with Additional Self-Employment - that qualification for income averaging on farming profits should be extended where the spouse and/or farmer has a fully separable source of self-employed…

To establish why farm inspections and penalties are significantly higher than the national average in North Tipperary::The necessity for the Department of Agriculture to engage in an open dialogue with the IFA to introduce change and improvements across the inspection and…

To establish a credible Johnes control programme that is focused on herds with Johnes and is adequately supported by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine