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 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 seek clarity on some discrepancies in the Directive 2010/75/EU on Industrial Emissions, in advance of the vote in the European Parliament's Environment Committee on January 11th 2024.::To highlight the discrepancies between Annex 11 of the final text from the trilogue…
To emphasise that it is vital farmers have access to crop varieties produced by the latest plant breeding technologies in order to try and overcome the challenges they face, such as pests, disease resistance and perhaps, most significantly, climate change which continue to pose…
To highlight that the extended power of the 4th National Biodiversity Action Plan and the scope of the actions - be they legislative, policy or programme-related - will need to be fully considered. ::To emphasise that it is vital that the plan is adequately funded to give…
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 communicate to the Irish Government, the vast number of issues and the frustration of farmers on the ground due a number of key issues, including::- The EU Green Deal/Farm to Fork policies and their impact on farm productivity/cost of production;::- The transformation of CAP…
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 highlight that the increases in staff costs over the past few months in the Horticulture sector are enormous and have left the sector in an unsustainable position.::To point out that it has been a relentlessly difficult period for the sector, from Brexit; the Covid pandemic;…
That the Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine deliver an exemption to the three-crop rule and crop diversification requirements for tillage farmers in 2024.::- The autumn of 2023 was very difficult nationally, Teagasc analysis estimates that 35,000 hectares less of…