Simon Harris

Letter to request a meeting to discuss how the credit union movement can play a role in further promoting financial education and improving financial literacy

Continued investment and support for tourism development, promotion and marketing ::Seeking a commitment by Government to retain the 9% rate of tourism VAT rate::Seeking adjustments to TBESS (Temporary Business Energy Support Scheme) to include LPG gas in the qualifying…

To demonstrate that the Teagasc assessment of incomes on sheep farms show margins dropping 81% to €7/ewe, which includes the €10/ewe Sheep Welfare Scheme payment in 2022. This is unsustainable, sheep farming is a low income vulnerable sector that does not have the capacity to…

To seek an explanation as to why only €50m of the €1.1bn Brexit Adjustment Fund (BAR) is going to primarily agriculture.::-While there has not been a 'Hard Brexit' yet, Irish agriculture is still facing an uncertain future in relation to the UK market, especially with the new…

To communicate Flutter's support for the Gambling Regulation Bill and to seek clarity on certain matters.

1. 'Grandfather clause' for those previously licensed to carry out their trade 2. Concern that employers reluctant to bear the cost of training and certification could force workers becoming self-employed contractors while continuing to work for the same employer

Improved access to family reunification under the AAP

1. Recommending further (i) research to identify areas of unmet legal need to inform potential expansion of the scheme; (ii) comparative research analysing the civil legal aid systems in other common law jurisdictions; and (iii) review of the applicable thresholds of the Scheme…

Amendments and changes to the Sale of Alcohol Bill (2022) to better protect health, well being, public safety and children's rights.

PQs to Minister to seek commitment to deliver of prog for government promise to support genetic services for people living with rare diseases.

The network called on the Department of Justice to ensure that the European Council does not water down the provisions in the EC’s proposed Anti-SLAPP directive.

To inform Minister for Justice of IPRT position on development of Irish Prison Service policy on transgender prisoners.::To inform Secretary General of Department of Justice and Director General of Irish Prison Service of IPRT position (by cc'ing letter to them).

To make Interim Minister for Justice Simon Harris aware of IPRT concerns about plans to increase capacity within Irish prisons as a response to prison overcrowding and emphasise importance of alternatives to imprisonment

Discussion on funding the future

Call on Ireland and EU to stop pursuing EU migration policies that flout international law, jeopardise the rights of people on the move and undermine the EU’s global creditability as a champion of human rights and rules-based order.