Politician · Senator · 27th Seanad
Returns filed on the Register of Lobbying, newest first, with the policy area and intended results as the lobbyist published them.
To highlight that this year's potato harvest is the worst in recent memory and is rapidly turning into a salvage operation as drills are under water following recent flooding.::To emphasise that with more heavy rainfall forecast on already saturated ground, growers will not be…
To insist that the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine resolves the issue of the suspension of access to the Chinese market quickly. This is a setback that needs to be rectified, given that access to the Chinese market has only recently been restored.
To highlight disappointment that Article 9, which relates to agricultural ecosystems, which had been deleted from the text agreed by the European Parliament in July has been re-introduced in the provisional political agreement for the proposed EU Nature Restoration Law agreed by…
To highlight the very serious concerns of farmers over the proposed Sligo, Leitrim, Northern Counties, Railway Greenway.::To insist that Greenway projects must maximise the use of public lands and minimise the impact on private lands, in line with Government Strategy for the…
To highlight that cashflow challenges are growing on farms as the cumulative effect of higher costs, tax bills, delayed payments and the drop in prices in certain sectors.
To acknowledge the new grant for repairing or replacing existing septic tanks announced by the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage.::To highlight that the qualifying condition that a septic tank must be registered with the local authority prior to 1st February…
To welcome the Long -Term Carers Contribution Scheme which will make it easier for those who have cared for over 20 years for an incapacitated person to qualify for a State Pension (Contributory) when they reach pension age.
To challenge the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine on their inaction in providing an efficient competitive Fallen Animals Collection service which has led to a dispute between knackeries and renderers.
To propose that Agriculture is removed from the commercial definition and revised in line with the residential stamp duty charge of 1%, up to €1m, and 2% thereafter.::In Budget 2020, stamp duty was increased from 6% to 7.5% for commercial property, which included agricultural…
To propose an amendment to allow the business plan to be submitted to Teagasc within 12 months of claim for the relief.
To propose that, in order to increase uptake, the relief should be extended to a young farmer’s off-farm income for three of the five years to allow the young farmer to invest some off-farm income in order to develop and expand the farm.::To propose that the percentage of farm…
To propose that Consanguinity relief is retained in its current form.
To highlight that The retention of 90% Agricultural is critical to support the transfer of economically viable family farms. IFA also supports the commitment in the Programme for Government Our Shared Future to increase the Category A threshold (parent and child) from the…
To highlight that, to avail of Agricultural Relief the transferor or transferee, or a combination of both, must pass the active farmer test set out under the current Agricultural relief clause for a minimum of 15 years.::That, where the above condition is met; to avail of…
To explain why the Bill will be of benefit to consumers.