Eileen Lynch

To secure support for proposals contained in the company's pre-budget submission

To meet with Minister O'Donnell as part of regularly quarterly engagements to discuss solutions to home support waiting lists.::Inform Oireachtas members of issues impacting the home care sector. ::Secure the removal of quotas on home care worker employment permits::Meet…

Acknowledgement of the difficulties getting access to orphan medicines and revision of policies and systems to reduce and eliminate the gaps and delays in the system

To highlight the following priorities for Budget 2026::Measures to Support Farm Sectors::• Tillage Survival Package - €250/ha for all cereal & oilseed rape grown for harvest 2025.::• Tillage expansion and sustainability scheme must be delivered – 2025-2030::• Increased national…

To insist that, following the move by the EU Commission to push ahead with the proposal, the Irish Government must stand up against Mercosur.::That a deal that refuses to recognise the gap in standards between the EU and Brazil must not be approved.::That it's contradictory to…

To highlight the challenges facing the tillage sector in this country at the present time are numerous, systemic and complex. The area devoted to tillage, as a percentage of the utilisable agricultural area, has been in significant decline in the post-war period due to…

Value Added Tax::To register a strong objection to the inclusion of points (vi) and (vii) under Section 65 ('Persons not accountable persons unless they so elect') of the Finance Bill 2025.::That these provisions, read in conjunction with S.I. No. 327 of 2025 - Value Added Tax…

IFA Propose::• The introduction of a min 50% capital grant for development of farmer owned farm scale biogas plants - financed through Infrastructure and Climate and Nature Fund (ICNF) and or/feed in tariff.::• Immediate introduction of Renewable Heat Obligation (RH0).::•…

To highlight that a key component of the proposed Mercosur trade deal is equivalence of standards of production for beef to be eligible for import to the EU from the Mercosur countries. According to the proposed EU-Mercosur partnership agreement it::• Upholds, for imports into…

To enhance current enforcement levels

Highlighting amendments still required to ensure safe timely treatment for severely unwell people; correcting misleading information on the Bill, and mental health treatment processes, in a public campaign - from specialist doctors who work at the front line and with the…

Secure attendance at 20th anniversary event and launch of insights report Loneliness: What Ireland’s Young People Are Telling Us, informing them of our work and gain support for spunout activities in future.

ICSA sought to influence the development of the next CAP to protect farm incomes, support generational continuity, and maintain dedicated funding for environmental actions. It warned that erosion of CAP supports threatens drystock and tillage viability, stressed the need for…

Seeking clarification on Ireland's position at REACH meetings

Support for a Proposal for an Early Access Programme for Innovative Oncology Medicines