Darragh O'Brien

County Kildare Chamber Budget 2024 Submission sent to various Departments for review and consideration

To inform public officials of the situation with a view to future engagement if needed to restore the Renal Support Centre to the IKA for use by renal patients getting hospital services in Beaumont Hospital

To propose amendments to the Planning and Development Bill, 2022.

To make the DPOs aware of Threshold's position regarding media reports of potential changes to the tax treatment of rental income.

Public policy change to housing

Update the Committee on homelessness prevention measures and impact.

To make the DPOs aware of Threshold's support for the proposed regulation and for Ireland to advance with this while the EU devises its own regulations.

To inform public officials of the ongoing situation with Beaumont Hospital with a view to engaging support in order to restore the Renal Support Centre to the IKA if no progress is being made in current discussions between both parties upon the expiry of the Agreement

While acknowledging the proposed bill was a necessary piece of legislation, the purpose of our lobbying was to highlight to Government TD's and Senators the potential effects the proposed watershed ban within the legislation could have on the Irish Racing and Breeding Industry…

To inform public officials of the ongoing situation with Beaumont Hospital with a view to engaging support in order to restore the Renal Support Centre to the IKA if no progress is being made in current discussions between both parties upon the expiry of the Agreement

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…

Rates of Stamp Duty -::Agriculture is removed from the commercial definition and revised in line with the residential stamp duty charge of 1%, up to €1m, and 2% thereafter.::Young Trained Farmer Stamp Duty Relief -::Amendment to allow the business plan to be submitted to Teagasc…

The proposed Residential Zoned Land Tax will not apply to currently used agricultural land in a manner similar to the exemption provided under the Vacant Site Levy exemption.

To highlight how the New Ash Dieback Scheme must compensate for loss of timber asset.::To require a 100% reconstitution grant for all infected plantations, enabling forest owners to clearfell and replant with tree species that satisfy their management objectives.::To propose…

To put forward the view of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions on housing policy matters.