Colm Burke

To inform Designated public officials on the impact on job creation that the 9% rate of VAT has had on the accommodation and foodservice setor

To secure more inclusive, constructive and well resourced social protection, education and training and employment policies and outcomes.

To inform Oireachtas members about evidence-based policy measures to improve public health

raise political and public awareness of metastatic breast cancer where scientific progress has not kept pace with early breast cancer and where patients have distinct needs, require better services, and need to feel that their story is recognised in the public discourse about…

To ensure an Agreement was reached. An Agreement was reached providing extensive savings to pharmaceutical expenditure through price cuts bringing the price of on-patent medicines in Ireland in line with 14 other European countries and providing greater detail on the process…

Build SENO capacity in the National Council for Special Education (NCSE)

• To meet with new TDs and Senators following General Election 2016. • To inform them of our 2015 Impact Report and its key statistics and issues. • To give a briefing on our priorities for women and children affected including issues on resources for…

To provide members of the Oireachtas with briefing on industrial relations, employment law and diversity in the workplace.::Provide solutions to industrial relations issues including recommendations for mandatory retirement age and enterprise level solutions to zero and low…

Increased capacity, staffing and funding to improve the delivery of health care in acute hospital and mental health services.::Increase in clinical indemnity caps and provision of more cost effective indemnity arrangements.

Enhancement of Farm Schemes:::- TAMS on-farm investment support scheme - immediate approval for all farmers who have applied for tranches 1 & 2::- Payments in July for those farmers who have completed works under the part approvals issued earlier in the year::- Beef Data and…

That the Department of Social Protection carries out an immediate review of Farm Assist::That this review restores income and child disregards that were abolished in recent budgets which greatly reduced the effectiveness of this scheme in assisting farm families under income…

That the Government takes a stance at EU level to support the IFA campaign to remove tariffs and duties on EU fertiliser imports.::This would deliver annual savings of €50 - €70m to Irish farmers

That Irish agriculture is not sacrificed in pursuit of trade deals::That the Government takes strong opposition to any concessions on sensitive products, in particular the reintroduction of an offer on beef with Mercosur countries::On TTIP - the Government must insist that the…

To secure a targeted sheep scheme of €25m::To ensure that such a scheme has minimal costs and bureaucracy on farmers

Immediate reopening of the BDGS for new participants::To secure additional funding of €25m to increase suckler cow support