Michael Collins

Provide an update on development of Personal Microcredit scheme, promote development of the scheme and seek political support

To secure more inclusive, constructive and well resourced social protection, education and training and employment policies and outcomes.

Build SENO capacity in the National Council for Special Education (NCSE)

Indication of support for ban on wild animal circuses

To provide members of the Oireachtas with briefing on industrial relations, employment law and diversity in the workplace.::Provide solutions to industrial relations issues including recommendations for mandatory retirement age and enterprise level solutions to zero and low…

Obtain feedback from Oireachtas members on telecoms issues raised by their constituents.::Provide an understanding to Oireachtas members of investment by industry to improve telecoms services and of barriers to further investment.

That Ireland gets EU approval to pay 70% advance on the Basic Payment Scheme to help cashflow on farms::That all payments must be made on time in line with deadlines set down in the Charter of Farmers' Rights

That the Department of Social Protection carries out an immediate review of Farm Assist::That this review restores income and child disregards that were abolished in recent budgets which greatly reduced the effectiveness of this scheme in assisting farm families under income…

Provision of State supported low-cost working capital to farmers

To stay with the existing derogation and not introduce compulsory EID

That the Government takes a stance at EU level to support the IFA campaign to remove tariffs and duties on EU fertiliser imports.::This would deliver annual savings of €50 - €70m to Irish farmers

That Irish agriculture is not sacrificed in pursuit of trade deals::That the Government takes strong opposition to any concessions on sensitive products, in particular the reintroduction of an offer on beef with Mercosur countries::On TTIP - the Government must insist that the…

To secure a targeted sheep scheme of €25m::To ensure that such a scheme has minimal costs and bureaucracy on farmers

Immediate reopening of the BDGS for new participants::To secure additional funding of €25m to increase suckler cow support

To ensure faster and move efficIent approvals in the TAMS::To ensure that payments are processed to farmers faster on completion of work under the TAMS