Seán Canney

Raise the issue with Minister fro Social Protection and seek implementation of revised targeted labour activation schemes.

Build SENO capacity in the National Council for Special Education (NCSE)

To bring matters of concern to business to his attention

Indication of support for ban on wild animal circuses

Minister's committment to Galway and the Region in Budget 2017

To provide members of the Oireachtas with a briefing on changing demographics in Ireland and to give a business perspective on key societal and economic challenges: investment priorities, the need to ambitiously increase expenditure through seeking flexibility in EU rules and…

A cap on the maximum % charge that can be applied to income generating productive assets, such as family farm.

Enhancement of Farm Schemes:::- TAMS on-farm investment support scheme - immediate approval for all farmers who have applied for tranches 1 & 2::- Payments in July for those farmers who have completed works under the part approvals issued earlier in the year::- Beef Data and…

That Ireland gets EU approval to pay 70% advance on the Basic Payment Scheme to help cashflow on farms::That all payments must be made on time in line with deadlines set down in the Charter of Farmers' Rights

That the Department of Social Protection carries out an immediate review of Farm Assist::That this review restores income and child disregards that were abolished in recent budgets which greatly reduced the effectiveness of this scheme in assisting farm families under income…

To relate the hardship caused by many farmers and landowners to the devastating floods of last winter::The need for remedial works and maintenance and to resolve barriers that are preventing such works::The need to move on the CFRAMS management strategy::To ensure that farmland…

Ensuring that the key issues for Irish Agriculture are central to EU negotitions

That the Government takes a stance at EU level to support the IFA campaign to remove tariffs and duties on EU fertiliser imports.::This would deliver annual savings of €50 - €70m to Irish farmers

That Irish agriculture is not sacrificed in pursuit of trade deals::That the Government takes strong opposition to any concessions on sensitive products, in particular the reintroduction of an offer on beef with Mercosur countries::On TTIP - the Government must insist that the…

To secure a targeted sheep scheme of €25m::To ensure that such a scheme has minimal costs and bureaucracy on farmers