Johnny Guirke

We are calling on Oireachtas members to support our call for adequate sustainable funding for Family Resource Centres around Ireland. The event will be an opportunity to hear about the important work of FRCs in your constituency.

To get clarity from the Minister for Agriculture on the Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT) and his response to a question on Newstalk where he stated that any active farmer who wished to continue farming and not sell their land for development could apply to their local County…

To showcase the work of Prosper Meath in supporting people with disabilities over the past 40 years with the launch of a celebratory book titled 'Prosper Meath - A 40 Year Celebration'

To lobby TDs about the health budget, relating to people with post polio syndrome, a neurological condition.

Commitment to investment to fully staff a community neurorehabilitation team in each of the nine HSE CHO areas nationwide as recommended in the 2019-2021 Implementation Framework for the National Neurorehabilitation Strategy

Additional funding is secured

PQs to Minister to seek commitment to deliver of prog for government promise to support genetic services for people living with rare diseases.

Improved access to democracy for Autistic people::Set an example to other public bodies and buildings on best practice in Autism inclusion

Improved access to democracy for Autistic people::Set an example to other public bodies and buildings on best practice in Autism inclusion

To ensure that, as set out in Food Vision 2030, there must be a balance between environmental, economic and social sustainability.::To ensure that rigorous assessments of all EU and national policy proposals are required to understand their impact on farm viability, the rural…

To insist that there must be an accurate measurement of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon removals at farm levels. It was accepted at the IFA Climate Summit that research is ongoing to facilitate more accurate estimates of emissions from Irish agriculture and land use. In the…

To ensure that the Government takes account of the potential for carbon leakage to arise from climate policies in Ireland. This is a requirement of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021.Carbon leakage occurs when food production is curtailed in one…

To emphasise that new funding is required to support farmers and the wider agricultural sector to achieve our environmental objectives. This must include renewable energy as well as research funding to maximise the potential for technology-based solutions to help agriculture to…

4 asks on rejuvenation of youth clubs, counselling services for young people, improved spaces and premises, votes at 16

To highlight that our grass-based livestock and arable land systems are among the world's most climate-efficient food production systems. Farmers will work to reduce emissions by adopting measures in the Teagasc Marginal Abatement Cost Curve (MACC) and other reasonable policy…