Politician · Senator · 27th Seanad
Returns filed on the Register of Lobbying, newest first, with the policy area and intended results as the lobbyist published them.
To highlight the challenges regarding late issue of approval letters and the impact on the ability of farmers to undertake capital investment in 2023.This has caused huge frustration amongst farmers.::To discuss Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS) prioritisation…
To highlight the revisions made to the impractical catch-crop grazing requirements introduced by the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine, without proper consultation or communication with farmers.::To acknowledge that while this is a positive first step, and of…
To call on the Minister for Agriculture to ensure that all farmers who applied for the new liming programme are accepted into the scheme in full.::To highlight that farmers are keen to improve on-farm efficiencies and their environmental footprint. There is huge demand for the…
To protest at the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine's intention to provide the Commission with the details of farmers who the department intends to apply the 220kg limit by September 30th. There are significant concerns about the legal basis for this and the manner…
To seek an extension to the Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) deadline to ensure greater flexibility to ensure that farmers get their fair share of the fund.::To highlight what a huge failure it would be if the Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) funds were returned when farmers…
To seek a pilot fund to grant aid construction of slurry storage on tillage farms in budget 2024, an additional top up for the Straw Incorporation Measure and the extension of the Tillage Incentive Scheme.::To highlight that, due to the inclement weather there have been very…
To urge the Government to introduce a new scheme to properly support and compensate those farmers affected by Ash Dieback as per the recommendations of the Ash Dieback report established by the Minister of State, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. by::To highlight…
To call for flexibility on the impending deadline for spreading.::To highlight that the very difficult weather conditions make it very difficult for farmers and contractors to spread what is a valuable resource on farms. With the medium-term weather outlook favourable and…
To highlight how the sector has been in disarray for a long time and is continuing to lose growers from the industry. Input costs have increased and weather conditions are extremely difficult, in particular with outdoor winter crops, which will result in yield reductions and…
To highlight that, while the recent announcement of the Horticulture Support Scheme is welcome, the exclusion of some growers from the scheme is hugely disappointing. The fact that the important white mushroom production sector and the vast majority of Irish grown strawberries…
To highlight the concern farmers are experiencing by the threat posed by bark beetles to their conifer plantations given the unprecedented amount of conifer mortality that we are seeing in Europe and the UK. Bark beetle outbreaks are erupting with increasing frequency, new…
To highlight to the Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine the difficulties in the sheep sector and the need for support by means of meaningful funding commitments to offset the enormous income challenges on farms.::To highlight that the margins on sheep farms dropped…
To highlight the opportunities and challenges faced by organic dairy, beef and tillage farmers.::To highlight the challenges and rewards of transitioning to organic farming.
To highlight that much more discussion is needed before any changes are made to calf regulations.
To highlight that, in the past number of months, an ever-growing number of items upon which farmers would have previously received VAT refunds under the VAT 58 process for refunding VAT to unregistered farmers, on fixed capital items are no longer qualifying for this refund.::To…