Joe Cooney

That the Department adopts the use of the previous year's stocking rate for slurry import limits, providing a straightforward and practical system that farmers and advisers can work with, removes uncertainty, and still meets the requirements of the nitrates rules.

That the next CAP provides the resources that allow family farms to make a decent living, invest in their businesses and plan for the future, so that generational renewal is achieved through economically sustainable family farms and one generation can hand over a viable farm…

To increase the use of National Training Fund resources for employer-led, enterprise-focused training programmes addressing current and future sills shortages.

To maintain and increase support for Skillnet Ireland and employer-led training networks that provide flexible, industry-responsive upskilling and reskilling programmes.

To confirm Shannon as the location for the National Aviation Apprenticeship Centre; provide the necessary capital and operational funding; support continued collaboration between SOLAS, industry and education providers; and recognise Shannon's aviation cluster as the national…

To increase financial assistance available to SMEs for energy-efficiency, emissions-reduction and decarbonisation investments, reducing energy costs while supporting climate objectives.

To increase the standard rate income tax band to support workforce participation, improve employee take-home pay and strengthen Ireland's competitiveness as a location for employment and investment.

To remove the additional USC surcharge on self-employed individuals and improve tax equity while supporting entrepreneurship and indigenous business ownership.

To introduce more frequent VAT repayments for qualifying SMEs, improving cash flow and reducing working-capital pressures on smaller businesses.

To enhance the effectiveness and accessibility of R&D tax incentives so that they continue to encourage research, innovation, productivity and internationally competitive investment in Ireland.

To reform Entrepreneur Relief by removing unnecessary restrictions and improving its effectiveness as an incentive for entrepreneurship, investment, business growth and succession planning.

To provide practical and financial supports that help SMEs and other businesses meet sustainability, ESG and reporting requirements without creating disproportionate administrative or cost burdens.

To increase Government support for Irish companies entering and expanding in international markets, reducing dependence on individual markets and strengthening export resilience.

To secure strategic infrastructure investment necessary to accelerate floating offshore wind development and enable the Mid-West and Shannon Estuary to capture associated employment, investment and supply-chain opportunities.

To accelerate DMAP implementation and provide a clearer, adequately resourced and more timely consenting process for offshore renewable energy projects, giving developers and investors greater certainty.