Patrick O'Donovan

Raise concerns about impact of delays in planning system on economic activity

Meeting to discuss rollback of newly introduced delivery charged for booksellers placing wholesale orders for items required by students as part of the post primary school curriculum.

To propose that Agriculture is removed from the commercial definition and revised in line with the residential stamp duty charge of 1%, up to €1m, and 2% thereafter.::In Budget 2020, stamp duty was increased from 6% to 7.5% for commercial property, which included agricultural…

To propose an amendment to allow the business plan to be submitted to Teagasc within 12 months of claim for the relief.

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…

Convey information on the impact of increased business and employment costs on RGDATA members and to seek supports for businesses to manage increased costs

Presence of elected representatives at a BirdWatch Ireland talk on EU Nature Restoration Law::Positive vote in favour of the Nature Restoration law at plenary in the European Parliament

To provide recipients with Community Law & Mediation’s Annual Report and to highlight priorities for 2024

To provide an update on CLM’s Limerick service and policy priorities for 2024

To provide an update on CLM’s Limerick service and policy priorities for 2024

To set out ICMSA concerns on various policy matters.

Re-instate the pre-2019 VAT equalisation measure in order to facilitate the short-term purchase/lease of cars to service the summer tourist market in Ireland.