Martin Kenny

To secure a meeting to discuss the Climate and Health Alliance-commissioned ESRI report and recommendations. ::To secure a meeting with the Taoiseach and Minister for Health to discuss the Climate and Health Alliance-commissioned ESRI report and recommendations. ::To raise…

Presentation of new research jointly published by Christian Aid Ireland & Trócaire, raising awareness, support for a new UN L&D fund

To propose that funding of the Organic Farm Scheme should be increased to incentivise and further develop the area of land under organic production.::That, the participation payment should be maintained.::That, an additional payment should be made on the first 3 hectares of…

To propose the establishment of capital grants of approximately 50% for farmers to invest in microgeneration. This will require a new financial support programme for on farm microgeneration with a separate structure and set of rules. This money should come from outside of Common…

To flag a legal challenge of Climate Action Plan 2023 and its associated Annex of Actions, specifically the failure to show with a sufficient level of specificity that it will reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with Ireland’s legally binding carbon budgets.

Highlight the developments in our innovation with a view to demonstrating that we can support climate targets re: recycling

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 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…

To raise awareness of ACE Ireland's investment in new state-of-the-art robotic sorting technology in Ireland's largest materials recovery facility which will identify, pick, and sort cartons into their own dedicated streams for onward recycling at a specialised carton facility…

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 insist that there must be an accurate measurement of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon removals at farm levels. It was accepted at the IFA Climate Summit that research is ongoing to facilitate more accurate estimates of emissions from Irish agriculture and land use. In the…

To ensure that the Government takes account of the potential for carbon leakage to arise from climate policies in Ireland. This is a requirement of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021.Carbon leakage occurs when food production is curtailed in one…

To emphasise that new funding is required to support farmers and the wider agricultural sector to achieve our environmental objectives. This must include renewable energy as well as research funding to maximise the potential for technology-based solutions to help agriculture to…

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 policy measures around land use change including the forestry programme, biodiversity proposals and rewetting must all be agreed with farmers.::To highlight that IFA will not agree with land being designated or re-wetted without prior agreement with farmers and full…