Robbie Gallagher

To resolve the threat to the continued availability of non-community rated student medical insurance for international students studying in Ireland

Income Averaging 'Step-Out' flexibility: that a farmer should be allowed to ‘step-out’ of income averaging more than once in a five-year period, where they are not carrying an unpaid deferred tax amount from a previous ‘step-out’, providing a strong incentive to repay the…

Greating investment in public education and a reduction in the cost of primary and secondary school for parents including the provision of free school books, an end to voluntary contributions and adequate income supports.

RCSI submitted an application for “university authorisation” to the Minister for Education and Skills and to the Minister of State for Higher Education in August 2019. In the context of the consideration of the subsequent review by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education…

Brexit support - beef farmers: in addition to the €100m (EU Commission €50m, National Government €50m) further direct support for farmers will be needed to deal with losses incurred, particularly for beef farmers, post May 2019. These ongoing losses are due to the decline in the…

To provide information regarding the consequences of the decision by the Health Insurance Authority that non-EEA students studying in Ireland on courses of more than one academic year are deemed to be 'ordinarily resident' in Ireland for the purposes of the Health Insurance…

Seeking a reversal in the decision to cut the Rehabilitative Training Allowance

Present parents voice to the committee on the costs for parents sending the children to primary school.

To pursue better outcomes for unemployed people and others of working age from Budget 2020. In particular to ensure that there is a better understanding of the role and interaction between adequate income, supportive employment services, good activation programmes, access to…

To secure more inclusive, constructive and well resourced social protection, education and training and employment policies and outcomes.

Secure the contribution of elected members to university governing bodies

Improved supports for elected members of county and city councils

To inform the committee of how post 2016 apprenticeships are struggling without the funding the pre-2016 apprenticeships can avail of. To give the perspective of a co-developer / CSG member of the culinary apprenticeships specifically and seek the restoration of allowances and…

Attendance at an event presenting the Medicines for Ireland Manifesto 2019

To ensure that cattle price returns are in line with the EU/UK average and to ensure that farmers get a fair price for their cattle to ensure a income as they are encountering severe income difficulties as a result of the falling prices.::A comprehensive package of market…