Michael Fitzmaurice

Discretion in lending small amounts to be restored to credit unions::To ensure credit is available for the most vulnerable

To tackle income volatility:::- Extension of income averaging where farmer’s spouse is self-employed - where a spouse of a farmer has a fully separable source of income from self-employment, income averaging should be allowed on the farm profits.::- Individualising income…

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…

To provide low cost loans to farmers to alleviate cashflow pressures across all sectors::That these loans would be available to farmers from January 2017::That the Minister for Agriculture communicates with the Strategic Banking Corporation (SBCI) to urge greater engagement with…

To secure flexibility around slurry spreading

To establish a credit union supported, state backed fund for SMEs

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

To ensure that the scale and speed of eir's current and planned investment in high-speed broadband on a nation-wide basis is fully understood among Oireachtas members

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

That the Government recognise the inequity for farm families and small businesses in the Fair Deal Scheme.::That the Government will remove the discrimination in the scheme::That the decisions of the Interdepartmental Working Group on the scheme would publish be published::That…

That the requirements under the scheme would be amended, so that they would be practical and site specific to ensure protection of the environment without unnecessarily reducing the productive area and commercial returns to farmers

Inform policy development

Renewed commitment and plan of action for the Government's target of an 80% reduction in emissions between transport, energy and buildings::Renewed commitment and plan of action for the Government's target of carbon neutrality for agriculture by 2050::The National Climate Change…

Recommendations to insulate companies impacted by Brexit