Politician · TD · 34th Dáil
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Returns filed on the Register of Lobbying, newest first, with the policy area and intended results as the lobbyist published them.
To address the major challenges in the horticulture sector.::To highlight how the horticulture sector is under severe pressure due to market challenges, input costs and longstanding issues such as staff and land availability.::To highlight that input costs have not abated for…
To highlight that cattle have been produced at the highest cost should demand a fair price especially when supplies to factories are tight.::To emphasise that farmers are already operating on very low margins and that there is not justification in the market place for any…
To address the major challenges in the potato sector and the difficult past number of years for growers.::To highlight how difficult the last harvest season was, and some growers have significant acreage of potatoes are unharvested.::To emphasise that input costs have not abated…
To acknowledge that the introduction of a Transport Subsidy Scheme for Fodder to assist farmers who are having difficulty accessing fodder was a good step.::To emphasise that the scheme needs to be flexible in terms of the application process and it must allow for the speedy…
To seek an inspection protocol with the local County Council that, now that County Councils are required to carry out environmental inspections on farms, farm families will be given respect and recognition of their unique place in food production.::To highlight that…
To highlight that the new National Sheep Welfare Scheme has come about following an intensive campaign by IFA throughout last year highlighting the enormous income challenges on sheep farms.::That this scheme will, when combined with the Sheep Improvement Scheme (SIS), bring the…
To participate in a Seminar to produce actions based on breeding, communications, knowledge transfer and promotion.::To highlight that the draft Action Plan announced by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine lacks a fundamental component, which is a guaranteed return…
To invite the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to address the IFA Aquaculture Annual General Meeting.::To highlight issues relating to the sustainable development of Irish Aquaculture.::To give an update on the next European Maritime, fisheries, and Aquaculture…
To seek a meeting with the Minister of State for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide clarification on the reason for the delayed Farm Plan Scheme (FPS) payments.::To highlight how this delay, following the delay Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) is not…
To invite the Minister for Rural and Community Development, and relevant National Park & Wildlife Service representatives, to attend a meeting of the IFA Special Area's of Conservation (SAC) Project Team on the farm of Mr. Pat Hennessy, Borris-In-Ossory, Co. Laois, to witness…
To call on the Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine for a further extension to the permitted spreading deadline in the National Liming Programme.::To highlight that, while the extension provided to 31 March 2024 must be acknowledged, the persistent wet weather for much…
That the proposed Residential Zoned Land Tax will not apply to currently used agricultural land. ::That ‘a right to be unzoned' must be secured within legislation or automatic ‘zoning reset' occur where actively used farm lands have been zoned for residential development by…
To express serious concern at the Department of Agriculture's failure to implement a successful wildlife control programme that can make a meaningful impact on tuberculosis (TB) levels.::To highlight that additional funding for the hiring of FRS operatives to the Wildlife…
To acknowledge that almost half of Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS) Tranche 1 applications have now been approved, with payment claims for 'mobile' investments and those within seven of the ten Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS) now open.::To…
To address the genuine concerns that suckler farmers and pedigree breeders have with the recently-published indices by the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF).::To query how the weightings and calculations are applied and their impact on suckler breeding policy and the…