James Browne

Clarification on Minister Browne's public comments::Meeting request to discuss the Gambling Regulation Bill 2022

Sought assurances for racecourses regarding on course activity and sought amendments to the bill as drafted with regard to the restrictions on gambling advertising on TV and radio.

To propose that this tax cannot apply to genuinely farmed land, a means of exempting all genuinely farmed land, such as identifying land upon which payment claims have been made to the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine must be put in place and this land then…

To propose that payment for the loss of this income i.e., forestry premium, should not be subject to Income Tax or Capital Gains Tax (CGT).

To propose that, to better advance or promote increased utilisation of on-farm sustainability measure, farm operations that are utilised for Research Trials/Demonstration purposed (for example Signpost Farms) by Companies/Agricultural Institutions should be afforded an…

To propose that the revenue generated from the sugar tax on sweetened drinks should be directed towards the promotion of the consumption of fresh and healthy Irish produce.

Email seeking meeting on the Gambling Regulation Bill

That the wide-ranging new bill for the regulation of gambling in Ireland will have unintended consequences for the sports/community sector’s ability to fundraise, particularly at grassroots level. The restrictions on advertising lotto’s/fundraisers (under the current draft) no…

To highlight the serious issues facing farmers.::To engage with government Ministers and TD's to discuss how some of these issues could be resolved in next months budget.::To run a poster campaign on all routes to the Championships to highlight urgent issues including; The delay…

Clarification on drafting to the Gambling Regulation Bill 2022, including in relation to the broadcasting of gambling advertising on TV in Ireland as that would impact the broadcasting of the Racing TV channel in Ireland, especially as RMG has just secured the rights to…

Young Trained Farmer Stamp Duty Relief should be fully removed from State Aid or the ceiling be increased to €150,000, to allow for greater land mobility, encourage land transfer and develop economically viable farm units.

To propose that, if a landowner wishes to sell land to a long-term tenant, then the CGT Entrepreneur relief of 10% should apply to incentivise supporting the genuine farmer and giving the long-term tenant preferred status.::That, agricultural land that is subject to Compulsory…

To propose that the interaction between the two CGT reliefs should be removed allowing both reliefs to operate separately. An individual should be able to avail, in full, of the CGT Entrepreneur Relief and the CGT Retirement Relief over the course of their lifetime, subject to…

To propose that, to encourage the transfer of a family farm into joint ownership at the time of intergenerational transfer, IFA believes that 90% Agricultural Relief should apply where the farm is transferred into joint names, and where the 80% asset test and the active farming…

To propose that, where a farmer has owned and used an asset for 10 years and the asset is transferred into joint names, the transferee spouse should inherit the same time ownership and usage status.