Paschal Donohoe

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…

To propose that Indexation relief should be restored and extended to include periods of ownership post 2002.

To propose that reviews and renewals of reliefs should be announced in advance of Budget Day, and afforded multi-annual timelines rather than on an ad-hoc/annual basis.::To propose the addition of 'and/or partner' after spouse in all relevant Agri-Tax reliefs to recognise the…

To propose that the discrimination of the application of the Universal Social Charge (USC) between Pay As You Earn (PAYE) and self-employed earners must be removed, aligning the self-employed with PAYE workers.

To propose that, in order to increase uptake, the relief should be extended to a young farmer’s off-farm income for three of the five years to allow the young farmer to invest some off-farm income in order to develop and expand the farm.::To propose that the percentage of farm…

To propose that Consanguinity relief is retained in its current form.

To highlight that The retention of 90% Agricultural is critical to support the transfer of economically viable family farms. IFA also supports the commitment in the Programme for Government Our Shared Future to increase the Category A threshold (parent and child) from the…

To highlight that, to avail of Agricultural Relief the transferor or transferee, or a combination of both, must pass the active farmer test set out under the current Agricultural relief clause for a minimum of 15 years.::That, where the above condition is met; to avail of…

Deferral of deadline of 1/1/24 for this extremely burdensome requirement for all businesses, particularly SMEs.

To revert the VAT rate to 9% for the hospitality trade, to amend the license renewal bands and to reduce employers PRSI by 50% to assist businesses in the sector come through the current cost of living crisis.

Deferment of the introduction of the proposed Defective Concrete Products Levy by Government, pending a regulatory and economic impact analysis. Subsequently, exclusion of precast products entirely from the scope of the Defective Concrete Products Levy and agreement on…

Arguing for the extension of the 9% VAT rate for food led businesses.

Called upon TDs and Senators to extend the 9% VAT rate for restaurants and food led businesses.

Distributed the Restaurants Association of Ireland pre-budget submission.

Distributed the Restaurants Association of Ireland pre-budget submission.