Erin McGreehan

To secure a commitment to reduction of student contribution charges, as per NYCI's pre-budget submission 2024::To secure a commitment to phasing out the student contribution charge over three years::To secure a commitment to a reduction in the student contribution charge in…

Event to reflect and celebrate 50 years of work within the Asthma Society of Ireland. Opportunity to raise awareness of policy and health issues.

To extend the young adult leap card to a wider cohort of young people::To secure a commitment to introducing a cap on the cost of public transport for all young people under 25, and increasing investment in rural public transport networks

Debate at the Senate on rare disease polich

To secure interest and support of TDs and Senators in the area of penal policy and penal reform. ::To highlight key areas of penal policy in need of reform.

Awareness raising and improving access to treatments for people with rare diseases.

To highlight that a number of adverse weather events, such as a tornado in County Wexford and flooding in Co. Cork and Co. Louth have left many farmers struggling to house and feed their animals.::To propose that the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment would activate…

To propose that 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.::In Budget 2020, stamp duty was increased from 6% to 7.5% for commercial property, which included agricultural…

To propose an amendment to allow the business plan to be submitted to Teagasc within 12 months of claim for the relief.

To propose that, in order to increase uptake, the relief should be extended to a young farmer’s off-farm income for three of the five years to allow the young farmer to invest some off-farm income in order to develop and expand the farm.::To propose that the percentage of farm…

To propose that Consanguinity relief is retained in its current form.

To highlight that The retention of 90% Agricultural is critical to support the transfer of economically viable family farms. IFA also supports the commitment in the Programme for Government Our Shared Future to increase the Category A threshold (parent and child) from the…

To highlight that, to avail of Agricultural Relief the transferor or transferee, or a combination of both, must pass the active farmer test set out under the current Agricultural relief clause for a minimum of 15 years.::That, where the above condition is met; to avail of…

To bring the matters, concerns, issues and recommendations raised in FLAC’s analysis of the Referendum Bills to the members’ attention and to offer to engage with them further in relation to them.

To seek support for farmers who have been severely impacted by the flooding in the Cooley and Dundalk areas.::That any support would include compensation for the following: - Farm roadways destroyed - River fencing damaged - Fodder damage - large amounts of stone deposited in…