Joe Flaherty

To inform public representatives of a range of considerations concerning public policy relating to e-cigarettes and vaping.

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…

Increased investment of €9.4m in Youth Work organisations in Budget 2024

A realisation by public officials that our sector cannot sustain the increases in labour costs without directed assistance.

To brief the representatives on the role of bioenergy and potential for jobs and bioenergy businesses to be established throughout the midlands National Just Transition catchment area

That the Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine comes forward with a comprehensive package of supports for the Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) programme, which includes the full on-farm testing cost for the disease.::To highlight that the costs of Bovine Viral Diarrhoea…

To acknowledge the support for farmers in the Shannon Callows who have suffered significant losses because of the flooding caused by heavy rainfall.::To acknowledge that the move by the Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine to provide €325/ha will go some way to…

To highlight the impact of the proposed Sustainable Use of Pesticides Regulation on Irish farming, especially the tillage sector.::To highlight to the Irish MEP's the potential impact the Sustainable Use Regulation (SUR) proposals could have on Irish farming.::- Tillage farming…

To welcome the re-opening of the Organic Farm Scheme (OFS) to new entrants.::To highlight that there are now approximately 180,000 hectare under organic production in Ireland, representing 4% of total agricultural land.::To emphasise that it is a priority that organic farmers…

To highlight how the Bord Bia prime export benchmark price is now sitting 30c/kg above the prime Irish composite price which is unacceptable.::To highlight how the factories are not paying what the market justifies, which in turn is eroding the beef farmers' incomes.::To…

To express anger, following a meeting with the EU Commissioner for the Environment and the Minister for Agriculture, food and the Marine, that farmers are expected to reduce stock numbers by January 1st 2024 due to the midterm review of the Nitrates Derogation.::To emphasise…

To call on the Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine to support suckler farmers and to play his part in alleviating their concerns in relation to the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) eligibility.::To ensure that the new revised terminal and replacement indices…

To highlight how disruptive and extremely stressful it was for farm families to have land subject to Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPO's).::To secure compensation for farm families impacted by the Compulsory Purchase Order(CPO) process for State infrastructural development.::To…

To emphasise that, within the Green Public Procurement Strategy(GPPS), the procurement of freshly locally produced food is paramount in order to foster a resilient, sustainable and inclusive agricultural sector.::To point out that that the Green Public Procurement Strategy…

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…