Michael Fitzmaurice

Speed up Forestry Licence issues

Briefing of the JOC Members on the concerns and aspirations of Veterinary Ireland in relation to Bill.

Improvement to forestry policy and programmes

Raise awareness among TDs and Senators of the CCAB-I submission for Budget 2022 and of the flagged issue (including potential scale etc.)

Investment in technological higher education sector in Budget 2022::To secure €34.5m investment in Digitalisation & Infrastructure for technological higher education institutions in Budget 2022::To secure €44.6m investment in human capital for technological higher education…

To welcome the decision at Committee stage in the Seanad to accept two amendments to the Climate Action Bill.::To acknowledge the FG and FF senators, whose amendments were put down and followed up, which have now been accepted by the Government.::To highlight that there are…

That farmers will not need a prescription from Vets for general animal dosing i.e. fluke and worm dose.::To highlight that the Minister and his officials are acutely aware of the rejection by farmers, licensed merchants and veterinary pharmacies of putting control in the hands…

To welcome the decision of the Aquaculture Licensing Appeals Board (ALAB) to grant an aquaculture licence to MOWI Ireland at their site in Shot Head in Bantry Bay.::To highlight that the development of a new aquaculture site at Shot Head in Bantry Bay for Irish Organic Salmon is…

To highlight that the report from the Health and Safety Authority on workplace fatalities is a reminder of the dangers of working on farms.::To highlight that 23 people lost their lives on farms in 2020. Of those, 12 were over 65.::To continue to promote best practice to reduce…

To highlight that the requirement for farmers to get planning permission to replant diseased ash plantations with conifer species is the final nail in the coffin for the Reconstitution Underplanting Scheme (RUS).::To seek a new scheme that introduces supports for all forest…

That the recommendations of the Independent Review of the Department appeals system be implemented by Minister McConalogue with urgency.::To highlight that the independent review group was established in response to genuine concerns about the appeals system and this review was…

To invite Minister McConalogue to address the IFA National Council on the CAP Reform Agreement.::To seek an income assessment on the proposed Pillar 1 CAP reform measures::To seek a committment from the Minister that convergence will not go higher than 85% during this next…

To welcome the latest figures from the EPA that indicate a net improvement in the quality of our rivers, and no change or an improvement in Nitrogen and Potassium concentrations for 63% and 76% of our catchments, respectively.::To highlight that within the priority areas of…

To welcome the overall increase in farm incomes but that it does not take from the ongoing vulnerability of the majority of Irish farmers.::To highlight that according to the Preliminary Results of the Teagasc National Farm Survey 2020, the national average farm income has…

To discuss priority issues for the farming and Agriculture Pillar as follows::That the current direction of the CAP and the Government's Climate Action Bill could shut down commercial farming in Ireland.::To highlight that a cohort of farmers, many of who are most productive…