Michael Fitzmaurice

Support amendment in Greyhound Industry Bill 2017 that would see inclusion of white list of countries to which Irish Greyhounds can be exported.

To get fair treatment for Farm & Forestry Contractors in the areas of grant aid for machinery purchase

FCI requires the following changes to Agricultural Policy to allow Farm Contractors to play their fuller role in supporting Ireland in achieving the Food Wise 2025 objectives.

To discuss farmers' concerns with the Coillte Farm Partnerships agreements::To increase transparency on income generated and the management costs during the rotation of the farm partnership agreement

Remove restrictions on planting productive marginal land::Reintroduce farmer forest premium payment differential::Compensate farmers appropriately for all land they are obliged to set aside for environmental enhancement::Reduce red tape in the forest Road Scheme::Providing…

To give IFA's response to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food & the Marine's Report on 'Future of the Tillage Sector in Ireland'::That the report would adopt a number of recommendations made by IFA including:::The abolition of anti-dumping duties on ammonium…

Amendments to RDP, particularly TAMS focused on grazing infrastructure

To create awareness of the IFA led Ireland-UK Farm Safety Week 2017::That addressing labour shortage on farms is central to improving farm safety::To identify opportunities to improve Ireland's farm safety record

To secure a support scheme for farmers who lost tillage crops in 2016

That the vital role of the RVLs is retained, recognising the service they provide both for individual farmers and the agri-sector.::That the RVLs receive increased funding and that the facilities are upgraded to enhance services to farmers.::That the State ensures that the very…

That the 37,100 farmers in ANCs in Connacht must be full protected::That these farmers retain the full value of their existing payment of €74.3m::That the funding for ANCs be restored to their pre-2009 level from the current allocation of €205m to €250m::That payment rates are…

Agri-Environment Schemes - GLAS - that funding of €250m is allocated for agri-environment schemes in Budget 2017, with full payments for all GLAS, AEOS and oranic scheme participants::Areas of Natural Constraints - that funding is increased by €25m in Budget 2017, to €225m, This…

That the reversal of cuts, as per the commitment in the Programme for Government of €25m , would be brought forward to Budget 2017

Maintenance Programme for flooding on the River Shannon::To ensure that there will be a review of cost benefit analysis so that agricultural land and losses resulting from output is adequately taken into account

Modification to existing Greenways programme to allow payments to be made for walkways and the GLAS