Michael Fitzmaurice

To consider the Committee debate in relation to the position of the Bord Bia Chair.

To highlight that Bord Bia is responsible for the Quality Assurance standards on Irish farms. It is Bord Bia which inspect farms to ensure these standards. Farmers are constantly told that the customers want high standards. Yet now farmers find out that the Chair of Bord Bia's…

To secure the following: Additional funding for frontline youth work services to match inflation. Recognition of youth work as a profession with statutory pay scale. Support for voluntray youth clubs. Capital projects for youth facilities similar to schools

Seeking to ensure legislation addresses concerns regarding illicit products

Seeking to ensure EPT is enforced to a high level and that illicit actors are subject to the fee

To highlight that Brazilian beef containing banned hormones entered the Irish food chain and is now subject to an official recall by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland. This should be a wake-up call for the Irish Government.::To emphasise that this shows that the undertaking…

To meet with local public representatives and request their support for the removal of the Chair of Bord Bia.

To call on the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to quickly reverse the proposed changes to Eco-scheme calculations.::To highlight how farmers have invested and bought in hugely to the voluntary Eco-schemes and into the Space for Nature option, in particular where…

To continue to object to the Mercosur trade deal by participating in an organised National protest.::To encourage all MEPs to vote against the Mercosur trade deal.

To ask for an emergency Board meeting of the Bord Bia Board of Directores to be convened to discuss the issue of the Chair of Bord Bia's company Dawn Farm Foods importing Brazilian Beef.::To demonstrate extreme concern about this issue and the impact it will have on the…

To acknowledge that the Government has an ambitious target to increase the national forest cover from 11.6% to 18% by the end of 2050. IFA wants farmers to see forestry as a viable option for their farm or parts of the farm.::To also acknowledge the efforts The Department of…

To highlight that the proposal by the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine to retrospectively restrict the sale of cows in herds that have been locked up prior to the launch of the Bovine TB Action Plan is unfair on impacted farmers.::To firmly oppose the…

To emphasise that commitments made by the Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine last week on multi-annual funding for future tillage schemes must be honoured throughout the lifetime of this Government.::To highlight that IFA strongly believes that €65m per annum is…

To call on the Minister for Finance to suspend carbon tax due to the daily escalating energy costs for farmers, agricultural contractors and the wider economy.::To highlight that farm businesses are particularly vulnerable as there is no viable alternative to diesel to power…

To call for an immediate increase in compensation for BVD persistently infected(PI) calves as the current levels no longer reflect the reality of the cattle market and are leaving farmers significantly out of pocket.::To highlight that uncovering a PI animal creates significant…