Helen McEntee

Communicating BT Brexit positions

Awareness of industry commitments to reducing alcohol-related harm and concerns with certain elements of the legislation, particularly structural separation in distillery gift shops and the potential unintended impact on new distillery visitor centers from the advertising…

Introduction of a Vat compensation Scheme for charities by the Minister for Finance in Budget 2018

To improve the business environment for our members and to inform about the work of the Chamber.

Competitiveness::Competitiveness - Low Cost Loans - Government funding is required in Budget 2018 to support the competiveness of farming enterprises and other SMEs through the provision of low cost loans, to fund both ongoing working capital requirements and for on-farm…

Income Volatility::Income Volatility - Extending Income Averaging to Farmer/Spouse with Additional Self-Employment - that qualification for income averaging on farming profits should be extended where the spouse and/or farmer has a fully separable source of self-employed…

That the concerns of farmers and the agri-food sector are given priority in the Article 50 negotiations on the UK's withdrawal from the EU.::To ensure that the concerns of the farming and food industry are taken on board as the negotiations enter Phase Two

That the shortage of labour for farms, especially diary and horticulture enterprises, is be addressed by permitting non-EU nationals to enter the labour force.::That 'agricultural workers' would be changed from the 'ineligible list' to the 'eligible list' for works permits for…

That the EU's strategic objective must be to maximisation of the future value of the EU farming and food sector::That the 'optimum outcome' for Irish Farming and the agri-food sector is that the UK would remain within the Single Market and the Customs Union::If this outcome is…

To ensure that the increased EU offer on beef for the Mercosur trade negotiations is rejected by the Irish Government::That the Irish Government gets support for this among other EU Member States

To demonstrate that the recommendations have missed an opportunity to finally address the inflexibility of farming by date when it comes to the spreading of organic manures.::To demonstrate that the proposal to restrict livestock access to waters and require water flow…

That Budget 2018, must contain measures to improve farm competitiveness and support farm incomes::That Budget 2018 provides -::for government supported low-cost loans for farming enterprises, to fund both ongoing working capital requirements and on-farm investment::increased…

To get changes made to the Fair Deal Scheme which will remove the uncapped liability on farm assets::To outline IFA's position the need for a cap on the maximum percentage charge that can be applied to an income generating productive asset, such as a family farm

To explain IFA Policy on all areas of concern to farmers::To lobbying all Designate Public Officials (DPOs) who visited the stand

That Stamp Duty would remain at the 2% rate in the Finance Act 2017 for land that is purchased or transferred and used for farming.::That the qualifying criteria for this would be the same as Revenue currently applies to define an active farmers for other agricultural taxation…