Martin Heydon

Pay equalisation for post 2010 entrants to teaching

Seek funding for apprenticeship/trainee ship centre in Athy::To highlight the huge job losses as a result of the announcement by Coca Cola closing their plant in Athy

To raise awareness of TDs and to meet with the new Minister of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht on the ecological impact of the legislation at a time when nature needs all the help it can get.::To let TDs know that there constituents were attending a demonstration of the…

To inform members of the Oireachtas on the case for protecting all human life with emphasis on protecting the 8th Amendment.

That all TDs would ensure that their Party would support this Bill as it makes its way through the Dáil

To emphasise the devastating effect the changes to legislation will have on rural Ireland

Competitiveness::Competitiveness - Low Cost Loans - Government funding is required in Budget 2018 to support the competiveness of farming enterprises and other SMEs through the provision of low cost loans, to fund both ongoing working capital requirements and for on-farm…

Income Volatility::Income Volatility - Extending Income Averaging to Farmer/Spouse with Additional Self-Employment - that qualification for income averaging on farming profits should be extended where the spouse and/or farmer has a fully separable source of self-employed…

That the Government would prioritise the Heritage Bill 2016 and ensure its passing through the Houses of the Oireachtas

Remove restrictions on planting productive marginal land::Reintroduce farmer forest premium payment differential::Compensate farmers appropriately for all land they are obliged to set aside for environmental enhancement::Reduce red tape in the forest Road Scheme::Providing…

To highlight the areas of concern to farming and rural communities as follows:::- Confronting Crime::- Community Policing and Public Safety::- Policing of roads::- Organisational development and capacity improvement

To demonstrate that the recommendations have missed an opportunity to finally address the inflexibility of farming by date when it comes to the spreading of organic manures.::To demonstrate that the proposal to restrict livestock access to waters and require water flow…

To bring to the Minister's attention that there was no engagement with stakeholders ahead of signing in the S.I.::That in the Minister's letter of 10th March 2017 the Minister confirmed that the roadworthiness testing requirement 'will only apply to T5 tractors used…

To explain IFA Policy on all areas of concern to farmers::To lobbying all Designate Public Officials (DPOs) who visited the stand

That farmers would have access to credit at a competitive rate::To secure Government funding to support the competitiveness of farming enterprises through the provision of low cost loans, to fund both ongoing working capital requirements and for on-farm investment