Politician · TD · 34th Dáil
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Returns filed on the Register of Lobbying, newest first, with the policy area and intended results as the lobbyist published them.
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…
Changes to excise duty on alcohol::Changes to policy on alcohol retail
Changes to policy on alcohol retail::Changes to government policy on alcohol pricing and taxation
That the Government will tackle low farm incomes taking on board the following ten priorities:::Putting Agri-Food Issues Top of the EU’s Brexit Agenda Brexit is the most signifi cant threat facing our farming and food sector in the history of the State. The Government must…
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.
That Government support would be secured to deliver significant economic, environmental and social benefits from farm level measure in renewable energy
Commitment to specific actions to improve acute, rehabilitation and community stroke and cardiac services, along with a commitment to using at least part of the proceeds of sugar sweetened drinks tax on actions to tackle childhood obesity.
Secure improvements to acute, rehabilitation and community stroke services::Meeting with the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health::Meeting with TDs, Senators and Ministers::Parliamentary questions to the Minister for Health
Introduction of tobacco tax escalator (inflation + 5%), which would require a tax increase of approximately 50 cent.::Increase in tax on roll-you-own tobacco until they are equivalent to those on cigarettes.::Recognition of effectiveness of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) and…
The allocation of additional resources in the areas of housing, homelessness, social welfare, health services, domestic violence and services for older people to address needs identifed by COPE Galway in their day to day work.
Published name "COPE Galway CLG" equals CRO name "COPE GALWAY COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 248134) after normalising legal forms such as Ltd = Limited. No other CRO company has this name. Names can be shared, so compare the address and dates on the CRO record.
Financial support for the development of infrastructure to facilitate World Scout Moot 2021 in Ireland and for the scouting movement generally
To highlight the need for greater investment in prevention and early intervention approaches in the 2018 Budget.