Michael Fitzmaurice

To inform members of the Oireachtas on the case for protecting all human life with emphasis on protecting the 8th Amendment.

That all TDs would ensure that their Party would support this Bill as it makes its way through the Dáil

Raise awareness of new research where a small group of citizens kept diaries about their engagement with public services

To ensure appropriate legal framework for credit unions is in place that will permit funding for the purpose of social and affordable housing

Income Volatility::Income Volatility - Extending Income Averaging to Farmer/Spouse with Additional Self-Employment - that qualification for income averaging on farming profits should be extended where the spouse and/or farmer has a fully separable source of self-employed…

To ensure Glyphosate is relicensed as a herbicide for use in agricultural, horticultural and amenity crop production::That the decision to be taken by the EU Commission is based on science and not on politics

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 get changes made to the Fair Deal Scheme which will remove the uncapped liability on farm assets::To outline IFA's position the need for a cap on the maximum percentage charge that can be applied to an income generating productive asset, such as a family farm

To bring to the Minister's attention that there was no engagement with stakeholders ahead of signing in the S.I.::That in the Minister's letter of 10th March 2017 the Minister confirmed that the roadworthiness testing requirement 'will only apply to T5 tractors used…

To highlight that the briefing note from the Department of Transport adds further confusion to the issue and that it does not address the reasons for the failure to deliver on the Minister's promise to consult with IFA, in advance of the introduction of the Regulation (SI…

That Stamp Duty would remain at the 2% rate in the Finance Act 2017 for land that is purchased or transferred and used for farming.::That the qualifying criteria for this would be the same as Revenue currently applies to define an active farmers for other agricultural taxation…

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…

Liasing and communicating with farmers on the planning of Greenways.

To get an extension to the slurry spreading allowable dates because of the back-log as a result of bad weather