Politician · TD · 34th Dáil
Returns filed on the Register of Lobbying, newest first, with the policy area and intended results as the lobbyist published them.
To advocate for legislation in the area of online safety to take account of international best practice, existing activities and expert reports published in Ireland
To secure support for increased investment in the youth work sector
to increase support among relevant government and politcal party personnell on IFUT policy on third level education::to maintain contacts wit the Department of Education relating to its work on equality issues in universities
To improve the business environment for our members and to inform about the work of the Chamber.
Competitiveness::Competitiveness - Low Cost Loans - Government funding is required in Budget 2018 to support the competiveness of farming enterprises and other SMEs through the provision of low cost loans, to fund both ongoing working capital requirements and for on-farm…
Income Volatility::Income Volatility - Extending Income Averaging to Farmer/Spouse with Additional Self-Employment - that qualification for income averaging on farming profits should be extended where the spouse and/or farmer has a fully separable source of self-employed…
Remove restrictions on planting productive marginal land::Reintroduce farmer forest premium payment differential::Compensate farmers appropriately for all land they are obliged to set aside for environmental enhancement::Reduce red tape in the forest Road Scheme::Providing…
To ensure that the increased EU offer on beef for the Mercosur trade negotiations is rejected by the Irish Government::That the Irish Government gets support for this among other EU Member States
To demonstrate that the recommendations have missed an opportunity to finally address the inflexibility of farming by date when it comes to the spreading of organic manures.::To demonstrate that the proposal to restrict livestock access to waters and require water flow…
That Budget 2018, must contain measures to improve farm competitiveness and support farm incomes::That Budget 2018 provides -::for government supported low-cost loans for farming enterprises, to fund both ongoing working capital requirements and on-farm investment::increased…
That Stamp Duty would remain at the 2% rate in the Finance Act 2017 for land that is purchased or transferred and used for farming.::That the qualifying criteria for this would be the same as Revenue currently applies to define an active farmers for other agricultural taxation…
To encourage consideration of the recommendations made in the 2014 ICGAG report
Published name "Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd" equals CRO name "META PLATFORMS IRELAND LIMITED" (CRO 462932) after normalising legal forms such as Ltd = Limited. No other CRO company has this name. Names can be shared, so compare the address and dates on the CRO record.
That the derogation continues::That the transitional arrangements are included in the full scope of the Nitrates Regulations review
To Remove Section 8 of the Heritage Bill which would allow burning in uplands in March and hedgecutting in August which very negatively impact birds and other biodiversity
To encourage a positive outcome from Brexit that supports Higher Education and Research collaboration between the UK and Ireland