Mattie McGrath

To get substantial amendments to the EU proposed law in terms of removing certain articles, ensuring that no farmer owned land would be compulsorily re-wetted and that any measures carried out by farmers would reflect the permanent nature of change to that land holding and…

To get emergency funding from the Brexit reserve for the sheep sector for 23-24 and to get an increased payment under the sheep improvement scheme and a payment for wool management under the longer term

To submit our annual Pre-Budget Submission and disseminate it to key figures to make them aware of our asks for the upcoming Budget, particulary as it relates to one-parent families in Ireland

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…

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…

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…

To inform political stakeholders that Corrib Gas Field's contribution to the Irish and Local Economy

To get clarity from the Minister for Agriculture on the Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT) and his response to a question on Newstalk where he stated that any active farmer who wished to continue farming and not sell their land for development could apply to their local County…

Permanent inclusion in the Regional Airports Programme

Extend slurry spreading season

extend cultivation period post harvest 2023 due to weather conditions

To draw attention to the lack of attention paid to the issue of foetal pain relief in the Three-Year Review report, despite significant parliamentary support for the measure.

Lobbying for measures included in the INMO’s pre-Budget Submission to be implemented as part of Budget 2024

Commitment to investment to fully staff a community neurorehabilitation team in each of the nine HSE CHO areas nationwide as recommended in the 2019-2021 Implementation Framework for the National Neurorehabilitation Strategy