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 area's of concern by submitting a Pre-Budget 2024 Submission as requested by the Minister for Agriculture, Food, & the Marine.::Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT) -::to highlight concerns with the Residential Zoned Land Tax, while being mindful of the current housing…
To discuss the consolidation of horticultural growers.::To highlight that The farm gate value of the horticulture sector is currently valued at €529m. The National Strategy for Horticulture anticipates that the farm gate value of the sector will increase by 30% to €688m, if the…
To highlight that the sheep sector in Ireland is at a critical point with market prices failing to reflect the production cost increases farmers have had to endure over the past two years.::- The income levels on sheep farms last year dropped to just €7/ewe, which included the…
Taxation measures to support Climate Action::• If any percentage of the farm is dedicated to farm forestry, it should be defined as agricultural land and the Capital Acquisitions Tax (CAT) Agricultural Relief applied to the whole farm.::• Farm forestry is treated in a similar…
To highlight that 2022 Agricultural Output prices rose by 26.4%, but this was eclipsed by farm input prices rising by 34.7%.::To highlight that, despite higher prices for farmers, margins were eroded with Terms of Trade reducing by 6.2%.::To highlight that the latest Central…
To highlight that the Credit Unions expanding their lending to farmers is a welcome development.::To highlight how the expansion of their Cultivate offering to agriculture is a timely development to add more competition to the Irish market for farmers who require long term…
To highlight that the closing date for the 2023 Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) Scheme is the 29th May.::To highlight the importance of direct payments to farm income, with the new application infrastructure, and multiple new schemes this year, its key that…
To discuss IBA longstanding support for the Introduction of Gambling Regulation in Ireland and to share our views on key aspects of the bill including our concerns and unintended consequences
Published name "Irish Bookmakers Association" has no legal form. "IRISH BOOKMAKERS ASSOCIATION COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 406253) is the only CRO company with that name plus any legal form (Limited, DAC, UC, CLG, PLC or Teoranta). Confirm against the CRO record before relying on it.
Minister for Health to allocate resources to hire 6 genomic resource associates (GRAs) to support people navigating genetic service at CHI, Crumlin.
Published name "Rare Diseases Ireland" equals CRO name "RARE DISEASES IRELAND" (CRO 140743) after normalising legal forms such as Ltd = Limited. No other CRO company has this name. Names can be shared, so compare the address and dates on the CRO record.
Support for the establishment of a new school of veterinary medicine in Ireland that is appropriately accredited to the highest industry standards.
To highlight that access to effective and competitive veterinary services is essential for all farmers and clearly the availability of large animal vets plays a vital role in this service provision. The lack of availability of large animal veterinary services continues to be a…
To highlight the flaws in the 220KGN/ha as opposed to the 250kgN/ha.::That IFA propose a 2 year trend assessment::Two data points are insufficient to establish a trend and it ignores the influence of lag times.::To highlight how the 2 year review ignores recently introduced…
To emphasise that now that Smart Metering is being rolled out nationally, this should enable farms that produce excess energy from solar installations to export to the grid (outside of the MSS and RESS schemes) and to receive remuneration from their electricity supplier for any…
To highlight how, both the environmental and economical sustainability of Irish agriculture is underpinned by our temperate climate which allows us to produce beef and dairy produce from pasture. 92% of all agricultural land in Ireland is grassland, compared with an EU average…
Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP)::That all farmers in the scheme must be paid in full on all of their eligible animals. The Minister for Agriculture in his mart meetings on CAP committed publicly that all farmers taking part in the SCEP would be paid in full on all of…