Politician · TD · 34th Dáil
Returns filed on the Register of Lobbying, newest first, with the policy area and intended results as the lobbyist published them.
To highlight that the recommendations from the Committee of inquiry on animal transport (ANIT) in the European Parliament for live animal transport has the potential to severely impact the competitive trade in this country.::To highlight that this approach is not acceptable and…
To seek support from MEPs on COPA's request to suspend antidumping duties on import of Urea Ammonium Nitrate (UAN) to the EU.::To put questions to the European Commission (DG Trade) as follows::Q.1 Have DG Agriculture been asked to provide evidence to DG Trade on the impact of…
To highlight that the €500m crisis fund must be activated immediately by the EU Commission and also enhanced by additional funding.
To highlight that there needs to be a full review of the EU Green Deal/Farm to Fork & Common Agricultural Policy to prioritise food security.
To highlight that the European Commission must review the State Aid framework, and that agriculture must be a key focus alongside energy.
That the European Commission address the dysfunctional fertiliser market in Europe where manufacturers control production and farmers face spiralling fertiliser input costs. Anti-dumping duties imposed by the European Commission on some fertilisers have removed any meaningful…
To call for the maximum pay out of this year's farm schemes.::That the Department must pull out all the stops and make a strong case to the EU Commission to pay farmers, whose files have been selected for inspection and ensure they get their advance payment on October 18th.::To…
To highlight that the unwillingness of some of the world's biggest nations to tackle the issue of fossil fuel emissions compounds the sense of unfairness felt by Irish farmers who have an average of just 70 cattle per farm.::To highlight that farmers in Ireland are very…
To highlight that the recommendation to end the transport of unweaned calves would be devastating for the Irish dairy sector.::To highlight that the European Parliament's Committee on Inquiry on the Protection of Animals During Transport (ANIT) Committee will bring forward…
To highlight the ongoing challenge and impact of Brexit on Irish and European agriculture.::To call for swift political solutions and intervention on the specific barriers to trade which will impact farmers in the EU and the UK.::To acknowledge the Brexit Adjustment Reserve,…
To highlight the following issues of CAP Reform, input prices, the Brexit Adjustment Reserve, taxonomy and live exports.::To highlight that the Irish Government needs to use the latitude negotiated in the CAP Reform agreement to do more to support productive farmers and the…