Mary Lou McDonald

To propose that a budget of €2M should be provided to initiate a pilot Spent Mushroom Compost scheme.

To accept the invitation by the Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar to attend the ceremony to to mark the anniversary of the Easter Rising 1916.::To highlight to members of the Oireachtas present the challenges facing the farming and food sector.

To request a meeting with the Sinn Fein President.::To discuss the many challenges facing the farming sector.

To highlight the serious issues facing farmers.::To engage with government Ministers and TD's to discuss how some of these issues could be resolved in next months budget.::To run a poster campaign on all routes to the Championships to highlight urgent issues including; The delay…

To highlight that the budget of the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine is reduced from €2.14bn to €1.94bn, a 10% reduction. This is a long way short of what is required to bolster a sector which is struggling with high input costs, lower commodity prices and…

To secure supports for yf

To set out ICMSA concerns on various policy matters.

To highlight the growing concern among farmers regarding the potential health and safety risk posed by infected ash trees to road users, but also for themselves as the felling of infected trees is very challenging and poses significant safety risks.::To emphasise that a support…

To highlight how the New Ash Dieback Scheme must compensate for loss of timber asset.::To require a 100% reconstitution grant for all infected plantations, enabling forest owners to clearfell and replant with tree species that satisfy their management objectives.::To propose…

To secure a strong EU Nature Restoration Law so that we can address the biodiversity and climate crises and secure ecosystem services from nature. ::To ensure that government agrees to set up a new nature restoration fund to restore habitats and species on land and in the sea.

To highlight how successive Government policies have restricted eligible land, eroded productive area, increased the regulatory burden and have made farmers wary of committing their land. The risks associated with planting have become too great.::To emphasise that the Government…

Seeking cross party support on developing rural sustainability supports

To highlight the challenges facing Irish farmers::To engage with Members of the Oireachtas visiting the IFA stand to highlight the key points in the IFA Budget 2023 Submission.::To listen to farmers' concerns regarding rising costs, Brexit and sectoral emissions targets.

To highlight the farmers perspective on delivering and implementing Food Vision.::To highlight the significant concerns that IFA have on the proposed level of nitrogen reduction in the Dairy Report. IFA views that the proposed reduction of 27-30%as too high - a reduction of this…

That the Office proposed under the Bill should be called the National Food Regulator.::That the maximum fine for offences under the terms of the Bill be increased to €10million or 10 per cent of global turnover, whichever is greater, to act as a deterrent.::The key…