Christopher O'Sullivan

PQs to Minister to seek commitment to deliver of prog for government promise to support genetic services for people living with rare diseases.

Highlight the value of Social Outcomes Contracts through Sport and encourage Department to facilitate a pilot in partnership with Rethink Ireland

To ensure that, as set out in Food Vision 2030, there must be a balance between environmental, economic and social sustainability.::To ensure that rigorous assessments of all EU and national policy proposals are required to understand their impact on farm viability, the rural…

To insist that there must be an accurate measurement of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon removals at farm levels. It was accepted at the IFA Climate Summit that research is ongoing to facilitate more accurate estimates of emissions from Irish agriculture and land use. In the…

To ensure that the Government takes account of the potential for carbon leakage to arise from climate policies in Ireland. This is a requirement of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021.Carbon leakage occurs when food production is curtailed in one…

To emphasise that new funding is required to support farmers and the wider agricultural sector to achieve our environmental objectives. This must include renewable energy as well as research funding to maximise the potential for technology-based solutions to help agriculture to…

To brief Oireachtas Members of the details of the current Nitrates Action Programme::The EU Nitrates Directive requires Member States to review water quality at least every four years and to create a Nitrates Action Programme (NAP). This programme outlines a suite of…

To brief Oireachtas members on Water Quality in the context of the Nitrates Action Programme 2023

Discussion on potential for filming outside Dublin / Wicklow

To encourage urgency of actions on AVMS levy following inclusion of one in Online Media Regulation Act.

That a single national database for all dogs in the country that identifies the person responsible for the dog::That tougher sanctions for those who fail to have their dog under their control at all times, and for those whose dogs are identified worrying/attacking…

To make elected representatives aware of the Firearm Expert Committee.::To impress upon elected representatives that consultation is required with stakeholders before any decision is made on firearm legislation.::To request a meeting with Minister Malcolm Noonan to discuss his…

To seek a meeting with the members of the political parties on the implications of the mid-term review of the Nitrates Action programme agreed with the European Commission.::1. The IFA insist that the Minister must revisit this with the European Commission as this would mean…

To highlight that that farmers will be the most impacted by the outcome of both the Nature Restoration Law and the Land Use Review.::To point out that agricultural land accounts for approximately 67% of Ireland's total land area. While forests account for approximately 11% of…

To highlight that our grass-based livestock and arable land systems are among the world's most climate-efficient food production systems. Farmers will work to reduce emissions by adopting measures in the Teagasc Marginal Abatement Cost Curve (MACC) and other reasonable policy…