Rose Conway-Walsh

Moderation in excise increases to mitigate against the large volumes of tobacco and cigarettes smoked in Ireland but not bought in an Irish retail outlet.

To highlight that the €300m Future Growth Loan Scheme for SMEs and farmers, while welcome as a product for capital long-term investment, it is disappointing that there is no opportunity to apply for working capital under this scheme

Suckler cow scheme - In order to improve incomes and stabilise numbers, IFA proposes a targeted payment of €200 per suckler cow, structured under environmental and animal welfare measures in the CAP Rural Development Programme and financed predominately from national resources…

Extension of Income Averaging to self-employed farmers with other income - IFA proposes that, where a farmer or their spouse has an additional self-employed source of income, income averaging should be allowed on farm profits.::Increasing Flexibility in Income Averaging…

An increase in the State Pension, greater resourcing of Home Supports, and the abolition of prescription charges

Seeking development of legislation and policies to reduce the cost of motor insurance premiums in Ireland, namely the Judicial Council Bill 2017 and the Personal Injuries Assessment (No.2) Bill 2018

Restoration of the Christmas Bonus to 100%::Increase in the Living Alone allowance to €14 a week::Restoration of the Fuel Allowance to 32 weeks and to maintain the current value::€84.5m per year over the next 10 years in grant funding through the Housing Aid for Older People…

Actions to produce real and sustained reductions in motor insurance costs in particular, and insurance costs in general. We require primary legislation to cap general damages.

To inform parlimentarians on issues related to the Ireland-Ghana tax treaty

An increase in the State Pension, the retention of free travel, and the abolition of prescription charges

Enhanced consumer protection for SMEs

To ensure appropriate legal framework for credit unions is secured, in particular relating to provisions on lending

To provide an outline understanding of how some areas of this legislation will impact on the operations of the MIBI

That the Finance Act 2017 must provide that stamp duty on land purchased / transferred and used for farming remains at 2% rate; qualifying criteria to avail of this would be the same applied by Revenue for definition of active farmer, as for Agriculture relief.::With…

That the deputies and senators could each be made aware of the study CA conducted in relation to the Department of Finance's Spillover Analysis and that they consider the recommendations