Seán Canney

To tackle income volatility:::- Extension of income averaging where farmer’s spouse is self-employed - where a spouse of a farmer has a fully separable source of income from self-employment, income averaging should be allowed on the farm profits.::- Individualising income…

Agri-Environment Schemes - GLAS - that funding of €250m is allocated for agri-environment schemes in Budget 2017, with full payments for all GLAS, AEOS and oranic scheme participants::Areas of Natural Constraints - that funding is increased by €25m in Budget 2017, to €225m, This…

That Seanad Eireann passes the proposed amendments in the Bill to the Wildlife Act and allows landowners or their agents, for a pilot period of two years, to manage vegetation in hedges and ditches during August.::In the case of the burning of gorse, to enable regrowth of…

To provide low cost loans to farmers to alleviate cashflow pressures across all sectors::That these loans would be available to farmers from January 2017::That the Minister for Agriculture communicates with the Strategic Banking Corporation (SBCI) to urge greater engagement with…

To establish a credit union supported, state backed fund for SMEs

To ensure that the scale and speed of eir's current and planned investment in high-speed broadband on a nation-wide basis is fully understood among Oireachtas members

That the Minister for Agriculture would put in place a crisis fund for farmers who have suffered crop losses of 25-50% and straw losses in excess of 50%::That Aid would be paid on a once-off basic to cereal and oilseed growers who can demonstrate that they incurred substantial…

Maintenance Programme for flooding on the River Shannon::To ensure that there will be a review of cost benefit analysis so that agricultural land and losses resulting from output is adequately taken into account

Modification to existing Greenways programme to allow payments to be made for walkways and the GLAS

Government to deal with issues facing the 600,000 people with disabilities in Budget 2017

To keep Public Reps informed on Laya Healthcare's activities and to obtain feedback as well as affording all attendees an opportunity to ask any questions in an open forum

Receive support in relation to policy and support for the expansion of the natural gas network through Infill and Gas Corridors, the development of CNG and Renewable Gas and the need for recognition of the role the gas network can play in a low carbon economy.

Receive update on prioritisation of flood defence projects. Highlight the need for business districts to be protected to secure jobs, economic activity. Promote the need for urgency in implementation of flood defence works.

To further the stated policy aims of the Irish League of Credit Unions as set out in its Six Strategic Steps document::To advance implementation of ILCU's policy objectives by government and Oireachtas

Government to deal with issues facing the 600,000 people with disabilities in Budget 2017