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 to the Minister for Transport that IFA has been actively involved with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) and others in preparing and negotiating a Code of Best Practice for National and Regional Greenway developments and much progress has been made in the last…
To highlight that the new agri-environment and climate measure scheme proposed by the Minister for Agriculture will exclude thousands of farmers.::That the proposed scheme will only have 50,000 farmers participating, which is wholly inadequate to meet likely demand, based on…
To acknowledge the increased funding of €256m for organics under the new CAP proposals.::To highlight that It's critical that the review of the Organic Food Sector and Strategy for its Development Report 2019-2025 is acted upon and implemented immediately.::That all…
To highlight that the combined effect of eco schemes, internal convergence and complementary income support for sustainability (CRISS) will devastate the income of a significant cohort of farmers.::Pillar 1 Changes That the proposed new €1.5bn Agri Environment Scheme within…
To highlight that farm families will be coming to Dublin on Sunday, November 21st to highlight the importance of farming to the Irish economy, and to send a strong message to Government that they need to sit down with elected farm leaders to make an agreed plan for the…
To acknowledge the provision of the €4.25m subvention scheme announced by the Minister for Agriculture for Bovine EID tags, but the Minister needs to go further.::That the scheme must be extended to include all tags purchased by farmers and must be amended to also cover the…
To highlight that both EirGrid and the ESB fully recognise and respect that the co-operation of farmers is essential to the development of grid infrastructure in Ireland.::That meeting the 500MW micro-generation target by 2030 as outlined in the EirGrid Roadmap 'Shaping our…
To highlight that the unwillingness of some of the world's biggest nations to tackle the issue of fossil fuel emissions compounds the sense of unfairness felt by Irish farmers who have an average of just 70 cattle per farm.::To highlight that farmers in Ireland are very…
To welcome the announcement that farmers participating in GLAS 1, 2 or 3 will be offered an option to extend their contract into 2022.::To highlight that the process for farmers must be kept simple. All farmers who respond must get a confirmation of receipt of application. Any…
To Invite Rural TD's and Rural Senators to The Signpost Programme – Farmers for Climate Action which was launched by Teagasc earlier this year. This Programme is a collaborative partnership of farmers, industry and State Agencies, working together for Climate Action.::The…
To highlight to the Government that negotiation with farmers on their future has to take place.::To highlight that farm families are genuinely concerned about their future. There is deep frustration that every policy of Government, including their proposed National Strategic…
To highlight that the new stakeholder forum for suckler and beef farmers introduced by the Minister, must be equipped with powers to have a meaningful impact on the income of livestock farmers.::To highlight that the Minister also gave a commitment to the Taskforce to implement…
To welcome the new Sheep Welfare reference periods which are worth over €2m more for farmers in the scheme.::To acknowledge the new reference periods for the scheme provide established flocks with the higher of 2017, or the original 2014/2015 reference years, for payment…
To highlight that the recommendation to end the transport of unweaned calves would be devastating for the Irish dairy sector.::To highlight that the European Parliament's Committee on Inquiry on the Protection of Animals During Transport (ANIT) Committee will bring forward…
To highlight recent correspondence of Green Party MEP Ciarán Cuffe to the main financial institutions querying lending to young farmers.::To seek that the Green Party leader would ask Mr. Cuffe to withdraw his correspondence immediately.::There are a number of facts we wish to…