Charlie McConalogue

Attendance at an event presenting the Medicines for Ireland Manifesto 2019

To ensure that cattle price returns are in line with the EU/UK average and to ensure that farmers get a fair price for their cattle to ensure a income as they are encountering severe income difficulties as a result of the falling prices.::A comprehensive package of market…

To secure incentives for changes to farm management practices, recognition of carbon sinks and supports for renewables and to ensure that the Government proposals do not hinder the sector and must not include a carbon based quota on production.::To ensure that the Government's…

To secured a €100m beef fund from the EU Commission and the Irish Government to cover the retrospective beef losses and price cuts farmers have incurred from last autumn and spring 2019.::To establish the amount of aid the Minister for Agriculture has sought from the EU and the…

To establish if the Minister for Agriculture has submitted a request to the EU Commission for exceptional or market disturbance aid for beef farmers in view of the significant decrease in prices and incomes since Autumn 2018 from the impact of Brexit

To make known IFA's position on veterinary services and veterinary practice ownership::That the issue of ownership of veterinary practices is an important component of veterinary services in Ireland that will impact on the level and type of veterinary service available to…

That urgent changes would be made to the details of the scheme proposed::That the scheme is designed in such a way that all of the €100m committed by the EU Commission and the Irish Government is paid out to farmers::That the €100m Beef fund would be based on the following six…

To welcome Commissioner Hogan's intervention in the escalating fertiliser debacle that has seen the recent imposition of temporary anti-dumping duties on certain non-EU UAN fertiliser imports by DG Trade::To insure the competitiveness of the EU's farming sector and support for…

That the Turkish live export market would re-open soon, which is essential for the suckler sector and weanling sales in the second half of the year

That the Minister for Communications would intervene and establish an oversight body so that complaints such as IFA's complaint to the ASAI about adverts taken out by the Go Vegan movement means that such adverts are completely unregulated

To highlight that the TB Forum has failed to deliver on the key objective of involving stakeholders::To highlight that the TB Forum refuses to address shortcomings in compensation schemes, with farmer costs in the programme having risen by 15% since 2012, while the costs of…

To welcome the recommendation in the Joint Oireachtas Committee Report to oppose the proposed EU-Mercosur trade deal.

That Government puts in place measures that will support Irish farmers to meet the ambitious targets outlined in the plan.::A budget to deliver on the actions identified for the sector::An Taoiseach to bring together IFA, State Agencies and Government Departments, to ensure the…

Simplification to some of the requirements of the scheme::Flexibility for farmers in relation to the stock bull requirement in the programme

Withdrawal of An Taisce 'Resource Pack' from schools. The pack contains comments about the consumption of meat and dairy products which are not consistent with advice given by the Department of Health regarding the importance of a balanced diet.::That this pack is withdrawn…