Martin Heydon

To seek clear commitment from the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine as to when the review of the Agriculture Appeals Office will happen.

To seek an assurance from the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine that the Government will defend live exports.::To highlight that IFA are very concerned about the Green Party's position on live exports. Their MEPs opposed the recent amendments to the ANIT Report in…

There was a reduction in farm fatalities in 2021. To establish from the Minister of State Martin Heydon what farm safety measures are in place for 2022.

To highlight the importance of Irish beef exports and establish why Irish beef is not back on the Chinese Market.

To highlight that farmers will play their part in any national effort to bolster the country's capacity to produce more food.::To highlight that there must be a focus on growing more grass for silage as well as more crops. The key issue here is to tackle input costs particularly…

That the Government addresses the Food Security risk and takes action by carrying out inventories on fertiliser, fuel and feed stocks.

To highlight the key points in IFA's Submission to the Public Consultation on Carbon Budgets::To make the Tanaiste aware of IFA's concerns around the Food Vision Dairy Group::To demonstrate to the Tanaiste the impact of the CAP Reform proposals on Irish farming and ways to…

To highlight that the Government needs to support farmers to purchase fertiliser to grow additional crops and grass silage.

To highlight that the Government should increase the Protein Aid Budget in 2022 to promote the production of pulses and combi crops (barley and pea crop or oats and bean mixes).

To highlight that the Government should address feed and fertiliser deficits with a National Procurement Strategy to Ensure Winter Reserves.

That the Government needs to address taxation policies such as excise duty on agri-diesel and LPG for farm use.

To seek that the Government suspends LPG/Carbon Tax for 2022 for farmers and agri-contractors.

To seek that the Government grants a Carbon Tax Relief/Rebate to greenhouse growers of food crops using Carbon enrichment.

That the Government provides flexibility on stock relief measures in the context of farmers reducing stock numbers to grow more crops.

That the Government should allow unused capital allowances or losses to be carried forward.