Malcolm Noonan

Urgently set up a stakeholder forum of relevant bodies w/knowledge & responsibilities to develop a national response plan to avian flu which is decimating seabird populations in UK

Secure understanding of challenges presented by lack of clarity in drafting of the Bill

Raise awareness of the issues of 'legal overfishing' caused by setting unsustainable fishing quotas that ignore scientific warnings and advice, and referred to discussions from the UN Ocean Conference that highlighted the issues associated with this

Consideration of joint NGO recommendations on energy poverty and energy pollution

Secure additional funding

A commitment to a 30 million euro scheme for farmers to farm for breeding waders like Curlew, Redshank, Lapwing, Snipe, Dunlin, Golden Plover

That the government would establish a coordinated national approach to address avian flu which is threatening a range of bird species including seabirds

That the Irish government would stop allowing the removal of 500m of hedgerow annually on every farm even though the Common Agriculture Policy regulation requires retention of landscape features

That government would listen to the science on the need to retain stubbles for the benefit of bird species, many threatened, which forage on spilled grain in the winter

Maintain the €20m investment in books for children and young people to read for pleasure::Commit to a timeline on the recommendation of the Joint Committee on Education, Further & Higher Education, Research, Innovation & Science in its Report on Leaving Certificate Reform, in…

An increase in the Youth Services Grant for 2023

Seek VAT exemption within EU VAT Directive on safety equipment across all agricultural sectors::VAT exemption on sexed semen for all farmers::VAT exemption on faecal egg lab testing::VAT exemption on all Soil and Forage Lab Analysis

Extension of Stamp Duty relief from 2022 to 2025::Funds ringfenced for a dedicated debt mediation service for farmers

Increases to the Just Transition Fund – allowing for the use of Micro-loan scheme to incentivise investment on farm for energy generation and conversion of business.::Significant changes to Retrofit Scheme – Ringfenced rural investment ▪ Reduce barriers to grant – income band…

To develop a National Rural Network for Ireland