Holly Cairns

To secure awareness and support of the community and voluntary sector amongst the political parties

To secure awareness and support for the community and voluntary sector amongst the political parties

Support for the recommendations in our pre-budget submission, Ireland's Energy Revolution, which is available online at https://windenergyireland.com/images/files/wind-energy-ireland-pre-budget-2024-submission.pdf

To highlight the impact of the proposed Nature Restoration Law by the European Union, which will enact legally binding targets on Ireland, up until the year 2050, across a broad range of ecosystems, from agricultural land and forests, to rivers and marine habitats, to meet our…

Farm Schemes -::To propose a tax credit for new and existing individuals practising as independent agronomists.::To propose that funding should be provided to enable young tillage farmers under 40 to upskill and undertake courses in agronomy and integrated pest management.::To…

• The allocation to the Irish farming sector from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) needs to reflect the importance of the UK market to Irish primary producers and to protect them against the disproportionate impact of Brexit on Irish agrifood exports. Farmers, as price…

To highlight how successive Government policies have restricted eligible land, eroded productive area, increased the regulatory burden and have made farmers wary of committing their land. The risks associated with planting have become too great.::To emphasise that the Government…

Highlight actions which could be taken to reduce harm from alcohol in Budget 2024

Ending zero alcohol product advertising in areas restricted for alcohol brand advertising

We intend to introduce Illumina and our work in the field of genomics, as well as to raise awareness of the importance of implementing the National Genetics and Genomics Strategy to the benefit of patients. We also aim to secure meetings with parliamentarians to highlight how…

Support for the areas related to Early Years and School Age Care settings and Childminders homes in the Bill.

60,000 babies who are born per annum in Ireland, will be screened for SMA and also severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), which will mean that Ireland would be inline with their European counterparts.

Highlight how our members are unfairly impacted by regulation unsuited to their risk profile.

To get clarity from the Minister for Agriculture on the Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT) and his response to a question on Newstalk where he stated that any active farmer who wished to continue farming and not sell their land for development could apply to their local County…

That all efforts would be made to ensure that the current nitrates derogation would be maintained for Irish farmers.::To request a meeting with An Taoiseach to discuss the IFA concerns relating to the potential effects to the agricultural sector and wider rural community, due to…