Mary Butler

To raise awareness and support for the recommendations included in the Climate and Health Alliance's Programme for Government briefing document.

Endorsement of our election manifesto which outlines UNICEF Ireland’s Child Rights Election Manifesto outlines 10 urgent priorities grounded in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

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…

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 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

Express our network's position on the need for sustained action to prevent climate change

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…

(With regard to levies and bans to single-use items proposed in The Bill) Amendments to the proposed scale and values of levies, that levies or potential bans take into account levels of plastic content and are more focused on better overall environmental outcomes, that the…

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