Politician · TD · 34th Dáil
Returns filed on the Register of Lobbying, newest first, with the policy area and intended results as the lobbyist published them.
To highlight that, while the recent announcement of the Horticulture Support Scheme is welcome, the exclusion of some growers from the scheme is hugely disappointing. The fact that the important white mushroom production sector and the vast majority of Irish grown strawberries…
To highlight the concern farmers are experiencing by the threat posed by bark beetles to their conifer plantations given the unprecedented amount of conifer mortality that we are seeing in Europe and the UK. Bark beetle outbreaks are erupting with increasing frequency, new…
To highlight that a bespoke seasonal work permit scheme is essential for the seasonal nature of the Irish horticulture sector.::- Ireland is an outlier in Europe because it has no system for granting seasonal employment permits for foreign workers in sectors such as fruit…
To welcome the publication of the National Strategic Plan for Sustainable Aquaculture Development 2030.::To highlight that considerable investment and appropriate legislative changes will be required to achieve the objectives of the plan.::To propose that, if the National…
To highlight to the Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine the difficulties in the sheep sector and the need for support by means of meaningful funding commitments to offset the enormous income challenges on farms.::To highlight that the margins on sheep farms dropped…
To seek support for the many farm families whose homes, lands and/or farmyards have been impacted by the unprecedented deluge of rainfall that has hit many parts of the south and south-west of the country.::To highlight that farmers are facing increased operational pressures to…
To highlight that the failure to reach a qualified majority vote on the renewal of glyphosate is very concerning for the agricultural sector.::To point out that the European Food Safety Authority has identified no critical areas of concern with products containing glyphosate.…
To highlight that the budget of the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine is reduced from €2.14bn to €1.94bn, a 10% reduction. This is a long way short of what is required to bolster a sector which is struggling with high input costs, lower commodity prices and…
To highlight the opportunities and challenges faced by organic dairy, beef and tillage farmers.::To highlight the challenges and rewards of transitioning to organic farming.
To highlight that much more discussion is needed before any changes are made to calf regulations.
To highlight that, in the past number of months, an ever-growing number of items upon which farmers would have previously received VAT refunds under the VAT 58 process for refunding VAT to unregistered farmers, on fixed capital items are no longer qualifying for this refund.::To…
To acknowledge the extension of agri-taxation measure and supports in Budget 2024.::Residential Zoned land Tax (RZLT)::To propose that the Residential Zoned land Tax should not apply to currently used agricultural land in a manner similar to the exemption provided under the…
To acknowledge the amendment to the Finance Bill 2023 to exempt gifts and inheritances which is vitally important to ensure land mobility is not impacted.::To ensure that changes to the tax exemptions on long-term leases of farmland will not apply to anybody who inherits land.
Visit to ALDI marquee at National Ploughing Championship, meeting with ALDI and suppliers
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…