Christopher O'Sullivan

Email seeking meeting on the Gambling Regulation Bill

I sought to ensure that the JOC on environment and climate carried out its functions as specified under sec.14A of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2021 (as amended). The purpose of the committee's reporting is to identify gaps to achieving the 2030 climate…

Publication of the Defamation Bill ::Introduction of a serious harm test in media defamation cases

Highlight challenges facing news publishers and delay in implementing the recommendation of the Future of Media Commission to review how the EU Copyright Directive is working in practice in terms of the actual economic benefits to publishers from their negotiations with…

Inform on the work of DRCC in the context of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence

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

To outline the difficulties facing independent radio broadcasters in Ireland, covering increasing costs, staff retention & recruitment, updates on the Future of Media Commission report, and the establishment of CnaM.

Establishment of Anaerobic Digestion network fueled on poultry litter, slurry and silage

Farm Schemes -::To propose a tax credit for new and existing individuals practising as independent agronomists.::To propose that funding should be provided to enable young tillage farmers under 40 to upskill and undertake courses in agronomy and integrated pest management.::To…

• The allocation to the Irish farming sector from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) needs to reflect the importance of the UK market to Irish primary producers and to protect them against the disproportionate impact of Brexit on Irish agrifood exports. Farmers, as price…

Inform key stakeholders of the national economic and development impact of the de facto moratorium on data centre construction

Young Trained Farmer Stamp Duty Relief should be fully removed from State Aid or the ceiling be increased to €150,000, to allow for greater land mobility, encourage land transfer and develop economically viable farm units.

To propose that, if a landowner wishes to sell land to a long-term tenant, then the CGT Entrepreneur relief of 10% should apply to incentivise supporting the genuine farmer and giving the long-term tenant preferred status.::That, agricultural land that is subject to Compulsory…

To propose that the interaction between the two CGT reliefs should be removed allowing both reliefs to operate separately. An individual should be able to avail, in full, of the CGT Entrepreneur Relief and the CGT Retirement Relief over the course of their lifetime, subject to…

To propose that, to encourage the transfer of a family farm into joint ownership at the time of intergenerational transfer, IFA believes that 90% Agricultural Relief should apply where the farm is transferred into joint names, and where the 80% asset test and the active farming…