Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Distributed the Restaurants Association of Ireland pre-budget submission.

Distributed the Restaurants Association of Ireland pre-budget submission.

That the SDGs would frame their Party's manifestos

To highlight area's of concern by submitting a Pre-Budget 2024 Submission as requested by the Minister for Agriculture, Food, & the Marine.::Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT) -::to highlight concerns with the Residential Zoned Land Tax, while being mindful of the current housing…

Taxation measures to support Climate Action::• If any percentage of the farm is dedicated to farm forestry, it should be defined as agricultural land and the Capital Acquisitions Tax (CAT) Agricultural Relief applied to the whole farm.::• Farm forestry is treated in a similar…

Obtain a meeting with Minister Donnelly to discuss the request for ongoing, sustainable government funding for the Alliance of Community Cancer Support Centres

Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP)::That all farmers in the scheme must be paid in full on all of their eligible animals. The Minister for Agriculture in his mart meetings on CAP committed publicly that all farmers taking part in the SCEP would be paid in full on all of…

Rates of Stamp Duty -::Agriculture is removed from the commercial definition and revised in line with the residential stamp duty charge of 1%, up to €1m, and 2% thereafter.::Young Trained Farmer Stamp Duty Relief -::Amendment to allow the business plan to be submitted to Teagasc…

The proposed Residential Zoned Land Tax will not apply to currently used agricultural land in a manner similar to the exemption provided under the Vacant Site Levy exemption.

To highlight how the New Ash Dieback Scheme must compensate for loss of timber asset.::To require a 100% reconstitution grant for all infected plantations, enabling forest owners to clearfell and replant with tree species that satisfy their management objectives.::To propose…

Additional resources for An Bord Pleanála.::Additional resources for the NPWS.::Additional resources for the MARA

To highlight the impact of the proposed Nature Restoration Law by the European Union, which will enact legally binding targets on Ireland, up until the year 2050, across a broad range of ecosystems, from agricultural land and forests, to rivers and marine habitats, to meet our…

Farm Schemes -::To propose a tax credit for new and existing individuals practising as independent agronomists.::To propose that funding should be provided to enable young tillage farmers under 40 to upskill and undertake courses in agronomy and integrated pest management.::To…

• The allocation to the Irish farming sector from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) needs to reflect the importance of the UK market to Irish primary producers and to protect them against the disproportionate impact of Brexit on Irish agrifood exports. Farmers, as price…

To highlight how successive Government policies have restricted eligible land, eroded productive area, increased the regulatory burden and have made farmers wary of committing their land. The risks associated with planting have become too great.::To emphasise that the Government…