Martin Heydon

That Irish elected representatives support greater ambition for within the negotiations with the European Commissions on the proposal for a regulation on Nature Restoration

To highlight the need for a closer look at incentives for firms to reduce the carbon emissions of their premises, given the high capital costs involved.

To promote the use of Natural Capital concepts and accounting methodologies in government policy across departments and to bring the aforementioned laws, reports, events, budget submissions and projects to the attention of various ministers. To promote Business for Biodiversity…

To highlight the impact of the proposed Nature Restoration Law by the European Union, which will enact legally binding targets on Ireland, up until the year 2050, across a broad range of ecosystems, from agricultural land and forests, to rivers and marine habitats, to meet our…

Highlight that a reduction in livestock levels of 30% and the re-wetting of 90% of reclaimed land in order to meet climate targets as suggested in the report will remove at least 20% of the state’s land mass out of food production and reduce our capacity as a nation to produce…

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 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…

That Irish elected representatives support the reform of the legal mandates of Coillte, Bord Na Móna and other public bodies

To highlight that the reduction in the nitrates derogation to 220kg N/ha would have a significant economic impact and could potentially remove €236 million from the rural economy.::To point out that IFA estimate that the profit reduction on impacted farms will be between €6,522…

That Irish elected representatives support greater ambition for within the negotiations with the European Commissions on the proposal for a regulation on Nature Restoration

That Irish elected representatives support greater ambition for within the negotiations with the European Commissions on the proposal for a regulation on Nature Restoration::That Irish elected representatives support greater ambition for Ireland's peatlands within the…

To highlight the potential negative imports on the agriculture sector of an unrealistic sectoral ceiling::This is reflected in more detail in a KPMG report commissioned by the Irish Farmers Journal, Ireland's 2030 Carbon Emissions Targets — An Economic Impact Assessment for the…

Concrete levy to be removed and Ministers and TDs to provide responses to the challenges facing the construction sector.

To minimise impact on Irish agriculture and to ensure that farmland is not devalued or rendered useless for Agriculture

To promote the use of Natural Capital concepts and accounting methodologies in government policy across departments and to bring the aforementioned events, consultations and projects to the attention of various ministers.