Michael Lowry

Increased awareness of the human rights situation in Iran regarding members of the Baha'i religion.

these listed items to become Government policy

To inform the TD of Threshold's priorities for General Election 2020 and to ask the TD for they/their parites position on thiese.

All payments to farmers must be maintained at their current levels.::Extend and fully fund all the current farm schemes (GLAS - Green Low Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme; ANCs - Areas of Natural Constraints; BDGP - Beef Data Genomics Programme; BEEP - Beef Environmental…

CONVERGENCE - IFA supports the EU Commission's objective of increasing the payments per hectare for genuine farmers with payments below the national average. This must be funded through an increase in the CAP budget and/ or from the implementation of the EU genuine farmer…

• Increased funding from €4bn to €5bn for the RDP 2021- 2027 to support farm schemes.::• Targeted sectoral support for sucklers (€300 per cow), sheep (€30 per ewe) and tillage in a per hectare payment.::• Whole farm environmental schemes, similar to REPS, with a payment of…

• The new CAP must continue to support POs for all sectors.::• The costs, rules, regulations and administrative burden, including reporting and inspections of POs, must be simplified to encourage uptake.::• Additional funding is required to support establishme• Additional…

• A Beef Exceptional Aid Measure (BEAM) II scheme worth €160m is required (with the unnecessary restrictions of BEAM I removed) to compensate livestock farmers for beef price losses15 since 12th May 2019. This would use the €110m Brexit contingency fund announced in Budget 2020…

Mercosur - • The Government must block the agriculture concessions in the proposed EU-Mercosur trade deal. • The Government must press the EU to introduce an immediate ban on existing South American beef imports which are causing over supply on the EU market and forcing prices…

Climate & Environmental Legislation • All future climate and environmental legislation should be subject to a comprehensive Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) to assess its impact on jobs and on the environment. Ireland can no longer blindly sign-up to unachievable targets,…

National measures • Government policy must support the deployment of the full range of renewable technologies including wind turbines, micro-hydro, solar PV systems, anaerobic digestion, biofuels, ground source heat pumps, and combined heat and power.::• Measures needed…

• Existing legislation must be amended to exempt finished products where the THC content is equal to or less than 0.3%. This would eliminate the grey area concerning the production and sale of CBD products.::• Registered growers must be permitted to sell flower to approved…

Independent Food Retail Regulator - • As provided for in the EU Directive, the Government must immediately create an Independent Food Retail Regulator to tackle the imbalance in the food chain.::• The Regulator's remit must be extended to tackle other UTPs in food chain…

Cattle Prices • An immediate increase in cattle prices to reflect higher market returns • Delivery of real and tangible results for farmers from the Beef Task Force. • Contract prices from factories and retailers.• Removal of any specifications not required in the market•…

• A targeted direct payment of €30 per ewe for sheep farmers, from a combination of CAP and national funding. This would include a roll-over and increase in the Sheep Welfare Scheme to €15 per ewe and CAP Pillar II funding.::• The option of targeted coupled payments and…