Helen McEntee

Simplify tax, regulation and labour market access by reducing administrative burdens, modernising outdated tax rules and removing barriers to hiring and workforce participation.

Strengthen enterprise competitiveness and investment. In particular, cut business cost pressures, improve access to finance and modernise supports so SMEs can scale and invest.

Unlock land, vacancy and urban viability by activating brownfield, derelict, vacant and underused sites through stronger powers, better incentives, tax reform and more coordinated reuse and site activation measures.

To underline the importance of developing a more competitive personal and business tax regime to encourage investment and scaling enterprise in Ireland.

To underline the importance of developing a more competitive personal and business tax regime to encourage investment and scaling enterprise in Ireland.

To request that representatives use their voice at the EU level to respond to the energy crisis to support households and businesses when fossil fuel companies have reported extraordinary profits of billions of euro

To request the opportunity to discuss our 2026 Pre-Budget Submission with public officials ahead of the finalisation of Budget 2026. Our main intended result would be to maintain the betting tax at its current level now and beyond.

To propose that all actively farmed land must be permanently removed from the scope of RZLT.

To propose maintaining and expanding all exemptions applying to farm buildings in the Valuation Act 2001 and the ‘relevant property not rateable' list to recognise the diversification of farm enterprises.

To propose that the Commission for Regulation of Utilities change direction on the proposed charge increases and recognise the challenges facing the sector and introduce further transitional arrangements for farmers to minimise tariff increases.::To propose that the standard…

To propose that the current derogation on a levy on agricultural tyres must remain in place until market imbalance issues are addressed and a practical disposal system for existing waste tyres on farms is put in place.

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.::To propose the extension of Farm consolidation Relief for farmers who buy and sell agricultural land to…

To propose that to increase uptake, the relief should be extended to a young farmer's off-farm income for three of the five years, allowing the young farmer to invest some of this income in developing and expanding the farm.::To propose that the percentage of farm assets a…

To support the Programme for Government commitment to reviewing the thresholds for CAT. As land values have increased, IFA supports the increase of the Category A threshold (parent and child) from the current rate of €400,000 to €500,000.::To propose due to changing demographics…

To propose that Agricultural Relief is retained at the current rate for all genuine active farmers, where the transferor, transferee, or a combination of both, pass the active farmer test set out under the current Agricultural relief clause for a minimum of 15 years.::To propose…