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.
That the Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine comes forward with a comprehensive support package for the Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) Programme, as farmers costs for testing soar.::To highlight that there have been increases of 35 cent to the BVD test. Postage has…
To highlight the impact of reduced stocking rate thresholds on the entire agriculture sector.::- IFA analysis estimates that the reduction to a maximum stocking rate of 220kg organic nitrogen will have a cumulative sector cost of up to €60m per annum.::- A complete loss of the…
To highlight that the establishment of an Independent Agricultural Appeals Review Panel was one of the key recommendations included in the Review of the Agriculture Appeals Act, 2001 and operations of the Agriculture Appeals Office, completed and published in December 2017 which…
To welcome the announcement that Irish beef exports to China will resume.::To highlight that Irish farmers produce beef to the most exacting standards in the world and are now in a position to avail of the demand for Irish beef in China again.
To highlight that the delay in the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) has had a knock on effect on the Organic Farm Scheme as payment must be issue there before the Organic Farm Scheme (OFS) payments can be made.::To highlight that a significant number of farmers have…
To highlight that, without urgent policy action, it is not inconceivable that the overall tillage area could decline by up to 11% in 2024 due to very low levels of autumn planting, tight availability of spring seeds and widespread negativity amongst growers.::This potential…
To propose that the Minister for Agriculture, Food, And the Marine considers interim payments to farmers who have qualified for ACRES in light of the delays with the overall payments to help alleviate the financial burden on farmers at this time of the year.::To highlight the…
To call for a Tillage Expansion and Sustainability Scheme to be urgently introduced to financially support farmers in the sector and halt the decline in the national tillage area.::To highlight that the ongoing weather conditions are placing farmers under serious pressure and…
To call on the Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine to support suckler farmers and to play his part in alleviating their concerns in relation to the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) eligibility.::To ensure that the new revised terminal and replacement indices…
To outline the threat posed by Spruce Bark Beetles to the health of Irish forests.::To highlight the scale of the potential risk::According to Ireland's National Forest Inventory 2022, spruce forests account for approximately 65% of the private grant aided forest estate, which…
To highlight that the Agri-Food Regulator was never needed more than now, at a time when farmers were never more in need of a voice and regulation to stand up for their livelihoods in an ever more dysfunctional food supply chain.::To emphasise that if the retailers want to…
To acknowledge that the Unharvested Crop Support Scheme will go some way to addressing the plight of growers most impacted by last year's weather.::To emphasise that there are a number of growers who have uncut crop areas above the 20-hectare maximum limit and are very badly…
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.::To highlight that…
To highlight that that the Irish Horticulture sector operates on very tight margins, and is in an extremely vulnerable position because of retail prices over the past decade and soaring input costs since Brexit.::To highlight that the sector will require immediate support this…
Extension of Tax Warehousing Scheme