Martin Kenny

Correspondence with TDs to highlight issues and unintended consequences for charities in draft legislation with the aim of protecting charity fundraising

Changes made to the provisions of the Intoxicating Liquor Bill (2024) to better provide for and protect public health and children's rights.

To propose that this tax cannot apply to genuinely farmed land, a means of exempting all genuinely farmed land, such as identifying land upon which payment claims have been made to the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine must be put in place and this land then…

To propose that payment for the loss of this income i.e., forestry premium, should not be subject to Income Tax or Capital Gains Tax (CGT).

To propose that, to better advance or promote increased utilisation of on-farm sustainability measure, farm operations that are utilised for Research Trials/Demonstration purposed (for example Signpost Farms) by Companies/Agricultural Institutions should be afforded an…

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

I sought to ensure that the JOC on environment and climate carried out its functions as specified under sec.14A of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2021 (as amended). The purpose of the committee's reporting is to identify gaps to achieving the 2030 climate…

Climate justice at global level including increase in volume of climate finance delivered by Ireland in line with fair share & implementation of loss and damage fund

A reflection of the USI pre budget asks in Budget 2024

Farm Schemes -::To propose a tax credit for new and existing individuals practising as independent agronomists.::To propose that funding should be provided to enable young tillage farmers under 40 to upskill and undertake courses in agronomy and integrated pest management.::To…

• The allocation to the Irish farming sector from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) needs to reflect the importance of the UK market to Irish primary producers and to protect them against the disproportionate impact of Brexit on Irish agrifood exports. Farmers, as price…

Young Trained Farmer Stamp Duty Relief should be fully removed from State Aid or the ceiling be increased to €150,000, to allow for greater land mobility, encourage land transfer and develop economically viable farm units.

To propose that, if a landowner wishes to sell land to a long-term tenant, then the CGT Entrepreneur relief of 10% should apply to incentivise supporting the genuine farmer and giving the long-term tenant preferred status.::That, agricultural land that is subject to Compulsory…

To propose that the interaction between the two CGT reliefs should be removed allowing both reliefs to operate separately. An individual should be able to avail, in full, of the CGT Entrepreneur Relief and the CGT Retirement Relief over the course of their lifetime, subject to…

To propose that, to encourage the transfer of a family farm into joint ownership at the time of intergenerational transfer, IFA believes that 90% Agricultural Relief should apply where the farm is transferred into joint names, and where the 80% asset test and the active farming…