Paschal Donohoe

Consideration of pre-Budget 2018 submission in advance of Budget

Limit the damage done by Brexit

To obtain greater support for introducation of a Vat compensaton sceheme for charities in the next Budget

Competitiveness::Competitiveness - Low Cost Loans - Government funding is required in Budget 2018 to support the competiveness of farming enterprises and other SMEs through the provision of low cost loans, to fund both ongoing working capital requirements and for on-farm…

Income Volatility::Income Volatility - Extending Income Averaging to Farmer/Spouse with Additional Self-Employment - that qualification for income averaging on farming profits should be extended where the spouse and/or farmer has a fully separable source of self-employed…

To raise issues relating to the Irish banking sector and its impact on farming enterprises::To make the Minister aware of the market failure within the current banking environment, which is placing Irish farmers at a disadvantage to their EU counterparts. The lack of competition…

To improve the negotiating environment for a small number of farmer borrowers in financial difficulty::To raise an awareness that a with a number of banks exiting the Irish market and others selling their loan books to third party funds, that farm related debts have been part of…

That the Earned Income Tax Credit would be brought into line with the PAYE credit.

Informing the Minister of financial challenges facing the newspaper industry

0% VAT on printed and digital magazines;::industry funding to invest in quality content and IT infrastructure::a level playing pitch with our UK competitors::support for Eu Directive on copyright and in particular Article 11 The Publisher's Right

To inform the deliberations of the Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform about our members' views of what they consider should be the priorities for Budget 2018 including a call for a sustained increase in capital investment towards 2027 and a list of priority…

An increase in Betting Duty, with the additional funds to be dedicated to problem gambling services.

To advance implementation of the LEague's policy objectives by Government

Acceptance of invitation

The submission covered the following recommendations. • Removal of the 1% Life Assurance Premium Levy. • The Linking of exit tax rate to the DIRT rate. • Allow exit tax to be exempted in the same circumstances as DIRT • Index the pensions earnings tax relief limit • Index the…