Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

o If jobs are to be saved, if businesses are to stay trading, we need to see certainty and clarity on the longer-term economic supports so that businesses can plan for their future. These supports need to address liquidity and cover overheads. Otherwise debt, which is mounting…

Investment in infrastructure and housing must be the centrepiece of the recovery, town centres will be at the heart of our economic recovery, if they are not – we are looking into a decade of stunted growth. If the pursuit of regional development, job creation and more…

The Chamber are asking our local representatives to follow up with the minister in relation to the Commercial Rates Waiver. Details need to be released for businesses and councils to ensure that the supoprts announced are delivering the desired benefits to get the economy and…

The TOVS moved from a 50/50 funding model to 90/10 and also allowed for a 2nd voucher. In line with these changes, funding was increased by the Minister by €3.3m to €5.6m on the 8th April. In Carlow and a few other locations, the LEOs are advising businesses that the funding…

The Restart Grant Scheme needs to be reviewwed. the ceiling cap should be changed and perhaps applied differently to the various sectors. While some businesses may have turnover in excess of €5m, their margin may be very small. e.g. Travel Agents who are selling high value…

The Consumer Sentiments Survey is about listening to the views of people who live, work, shop and play across Carlow. We asked the elected officials to share their views and also to share the detials of the survey with their contacts/consitutents to ensure that everyone has the…

Reversal of legislation to move pension retirement state benefit beyond 67.

To stop the state pension age rising from 66 to 67 on the 1st January 2020 and to create a stakeholder forum for engagement and dialogue going forward

Multiannaual Financial Framework (MFF) - The CAP budget must be increased to take account of inflation and to compensate farmers for any additional requirements placed upon them as a result of this CAP reform.

The Irish Government must invest in agriculture and support farm incomes/viability by providing the maximum permissible level of national co-financing.::The objective of the Government must be to ensure that CAP payments across all schemes, including both Pillar I Basic Payment…

All payments to farmers must be maintained at their current levels.::Extend and fully fund all the current farm schemes (GLAS - Green Low Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme; ANCs - Areas of Natural Constraints; BDGP - Beef Data Genomics Programme; BEEP - Beef Environmental…

CONVERGENCE - IFA supports the EU Commission's objective of increasing the payments per hectare for genuine farmers with payments below the national average. This must be funded through an increase in the CAP budget and/ or from the implementation of the EU genuine farmer…

• A Beef Exceptional Aid Measure (BEAM) II scheme worth €160m is required (with the unnecessary restrictions of BEAM I removed) to compensate livestock farmers for beef price losses15 since 12th May 2019. This would use the €110m Brexit contingency fund announced in Budget 2020…

Mercosur - • The Government must block the agriculture concessions in the proposed EU-Mercosur trade deal. • The Government must press the EU to introduce an immediate ban on existing South American beef imports which are causing over supply on the EU market and forcing prices…

Climate & Environmental Legislation • All future climate and environmental legislation should be subject to a comprehensive Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) to assess its impact on jobs and on the environment. Ireland can no longer blindly sign-up to unachievable targets,…