Paschal Donohoe

Inclusion of a national land mobility service funded by Dept of Agriculture as an initiative within the next programme for government

Devenish welcomed the opportunity to brief Paschal Donohoe and other attendees on our research work on developing sustainable agriculture solutions and promoting human health through nutrition.

To inform those parties and independent groupings that may be involved in government formation talks of the key policy matters that must be addressed from an agriculture perspective.

To make election candidates aware of the needs & concerns of Farm & Forestry Contractors in Election 2020

Income Averaging 'Step-Out' flexibility: that a farmer should be allowed to ‘step-out’ of income averaging more than once in a five-year period, where they are not carrying an unpaid deferred tax amount from a previous ‘step-out’, providing a strong incentive to repay the…

Brexit support - beef farmers: in addition to the €100m (EU Commission €50m, National Government €50m) further direct support for farmers will be needed to deal with losses incurred, particularly for beef farmers, post May 2019. These ongoing losses are due to the decline in the…

The Irish Thoroughbred Breeders Association was lobbying on our budget submission which was seeking to get tax incentives for breeders in Budget 2020

The Irish Thoroughbred Breeders Association was lobbying on our budget submission which was seeking to get tax incentives for breeders in Budget 2020

To ensure that cattle price returns are in line with the EU/UK average and to ensure that farmers get a fair price for their cattle to ensure a income as they are encountering severe income difficulties as a result of the falling prices.::A comprehensive package of market…

That urgent changes would be made to the details of the scheme proposed::That the scheme is designed in such a way that all of the €100m committed by the EU Commission and the Irish Government is paid out to farmers::That the €100m Beef fund would be based on the following six…

Income Averaging 'Step-Out' flexibility: that a farmer should be allowed to ‘step-out’ of income averaging more than once in a five-year period, where they are not carrying an unpaid deferred tax amount from a previous ‘step-out’, providing a strong incentive to repay the…

Brexit support - beef farmers: in addition to the €100m (EU Commission €50m, National Government €50m) further direct support for farmers will be needed to deal with losses incurred, particularly for beef farmers, post May 2019. These ongoing losses are due to the decline in the…

To ensure some changes in the 2020 Budget to support the development of the Agri Contractor sector

To ensure fairness for Farm & Forestry Contractors on a range of Budget issues

To deliver a Government and EU Commission compensation beef farmers package::To explain the IFA analysis on the losses occurred, covering the period September 1, 2018 to March 23, 2019.