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.
Seeking to increase awareness of the contribution of tourism to employment and seeking additional Government support and collaboration in relation to education, training and skills - including for entry level positions.
Seeking support for the 9% tourism VAT rate::For priority to be given to achieving a greater spread of visitors to the regions and extending the overall tourism season.::Support was sought for increased funding for tourism marketing and product development::Additional Government…
Seeking Government support for tourism development and highlighting issues in relation to increased sustainable tourism accommodation capacity.
Sustainable growth and jobs, and continued appropriate Government policies.
ITIC is advocating a new tourism strategy that is industry-led and Government-enabled, with growth targets for a sector with such proven potential.::ITIC believes that with the right policies and investment strategies it is realistic to aspire to achieving the growth projections…
To establish a credit union supported, state backed fund for Social Housing
Action on Mental Health crisis, eliminate waiting lists for young people for mental health in next 12 months. Provide successive increases of 5% in funding in next 3 budgets. Support the delivery of the 2012 Report of the National substance misuse strategy steering group and…
To ensure understanding of industry perspective on proposed legislation and policy change.
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Discretion in lending small amounts to be restored to credit unions::To ensure credit is available for the most vulnerable
To tackle income volatility:::- Extension of income averaging where farmer’s spouse is self-employed - where a spouse of a farmer has a fully separable source of income from self-employment, income averaging should be allowed on the farm profits.::- Individualising income…
That the Transitional Arrangements currently in place are extended temporarily so that their eventual discontinuation can be negotiated within the scope of the full review on the basis of introducing alternative measures to encourage the use of organic fertilisers::Or that the…
Agri-Environment Schemes - GLAS - that funding of €250m is allocated for agri-environment schemes in Budget 2017, with full payments for all GLAS, AEOS and oranic scheme participants::Areas of Natural Constraints - that funding is increased by €25m in Budget 2017, to €225m, This…
To provide low cost loans to farmers to alleviate cashflow pressures across all sectors::That these loans would be available to farmers from January 2017::That the Minister for Agriculture communicates with the Strategic Banking Corporation (SBCI) to urge greater engagement with…
To establish a credit union supported, state backed fund for SMEs
To ensure that the scale and speed of eir's current and planned investment in high-speed broadband on a nation-wide basis is fully understood among Oireachtas members