Pat Casey

Establish regular meeting of TDs & Senators with an interest in the rare disease community in Ireland. ::Increase awareness and understanding of needs of people living with rare diseases.::TDs & Senators to lobby government colleagues on issues of relevance and concern to people…

PQs to Minister to seek commitment to deliver of prog for government promise to support genetic services for people living with rare diseases.

To ensure that, as set out in Food Vision 2030, there must be a balance between environmental, economic and social sustainability.::To ensure that rigorous assessments of all EU and national policy proposals are required to understand their impact on farm viability, the rural…

To insist that there must be an accurate measurement of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon removals at farm levels. It was accepted at the IFA Climate Summit that research is ongoing to facilitate more accurate estimates of emissions from Irish agriculture and land use. In the…

To ensure that the Government takes account of the potential for carbon leakage to arise from climate policies in Ireland. This is a requirement of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021.Carbon leakage occurs when food production is curtailed in one…

To emphasise that new funding is required to support farmers and the wider agricultural sector to achieve our environmental objectives. This must include renewable energy as well as research funding to maximise the potential for technology-based solutions to help agriculture to…

To highlight that our grass-based livestock and arable land systems are among the world's most climate-efficient food production systems. Farmers will work to reduce emissions by adopting measures in the Teagasc Marginal Abatement Cost Curve (MACC) and other reasonable policy…

That policy measures around land use change including the forestry programme, biodiversity proposals and rewetting must all be agreed with farmers.::To highlight that IFA will not agree with land being designated or re-wetted without prior agreement with farmers and full…

Highlighting of the implications of the Communications Regulation Bill

Agreement to review the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018

To invite all political representatives to participate in Daffodil Day 2023.::To host a Daffodil Day coffee morning in Leinster House, 22.03.23;

Meeting with Senator Casey to discuss his views on potential for Arklow/Eastern region and the merit of key business stakeholders forming a strategic network. SSE Renewables also updated the Senator on the wider SSER pipeline and on our views on the implementation of the…

Briefing by SSE Renewables to provide an update on the company’s activities. SSE advocated for a requirement that offshore projects should have planning permission before competing in an ORESS auction, and for the development of a Hydrogen Strategy. Discussed through…

Raise awareness and generate support for an increase in the State Pension.

A review of proposed legislation to include changes to address gaps in legislation