Politician · TD · 34th Dáil
Returns filed on the Register of Lobbying, newest first, with the policy area and intended results as the lobbyist published them.
To share JTI's position on tobacco excise duty with the relevant stakeholders
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To propose that this tax cannot apply to genuinely farmed land, a means of exempting all genuinely farmed land, such as identifying land upon which payment claims have been made to the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine must be put in place and this land then…
To propose that payment for the loss of this income i.e., forestry premium, should not be subject to Income Tax or Capital Gains Tax (CGT).
To propose that, to better advance or promote increased utilisation of on-farm sustainability measure, farm operations that are utilised for Research Trials/Demonstration purposed (for example Signpost Farms) by Companies/Agricultural Institutions should be afforded an…
Young Trained Farmer Stamp Duty Relief should be fully removed from State Aid or the ceiling be increased to €150,000, to allow for greater land mobility, encourage land transfer and develop economically viable farm units.
To propose that, if a landowner wishes to sell land to a long-term tenant, then the CGT Entrepreneur relief of 10% should apply to incentivise supporting the genuine farmer and giving the long-term tenant preferred status.::That, agricultural land that is subject to Compulsory…
To propose that the interaction between the two CGT reliefs should be removed allowing both reliefs to operate separately. An individual should be able to avail, in full, of the CGT Entrepreneur Relief and the CGT Retirement Relief over the course of their lifetime, subject to…
To propose that, to encourage the transfer of a family farm into joint ownership at the time of intergenerational transfer, IFA believes that 90% Agricultural Relief should apply where the farm is transferred into joint names, and where the 80% asset test and the active farming…
To propose that, where a farmer has owned and used an asset for 10 years and the asset is transferred into joint names, the transferee spouse should inherit the same time ownership and usage status.
To propose that the rate of Class S Pay Related Social Insurance (PRSI) is retained at existing levels.
To propose that, similar to recipients of the Jobseeker’s Benefit and Jobseeker’s Allowance, recipients of Farm Assist should receive credited social insurance contributions for pension purposes.::That the Total Contribution Approach (TCA) for calculating Contributory State…
To propose the introduction of an agricultural Rainy-Day Fund, which allows farmers to put aside a small percentage of their gross receipts, whether in their co-op, specially assigned bank account or State-Farm Volatility Fund, which could be used by the National Treasury…
To propose that definitions around agriculture and farming within taxation must expand to encompass and new diversified farming systems and not disadvantage any who wish to partake in different agricultural models.
To propose the introduction of a Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) in recognition of the range of ecosystem services provided by forests, particularly on land that is required to be set aside based on conditions attached to licences, at reforestation stage and after the…
To highlight the need for exemption to be provided for actively farmed land against the Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT).::To insist that the promises made by Senior Government officials in the Dáil must be delivered, and farm families proteced.::To highlight that the precedent…