Timmy Dooley

To engage with relevant politicians and policy makers about the need for greater levels of marine protection in Ireland

FARM SCHEMES::- To incentivise re-planting of additional area secured in 2022, and to further increase cereal production in 2023, a half/discounted rate of €200/ha should be paid on land that remained in tillage production for year 2, with €400/ ha again being paid out on any…

Taxation Measures to Support Farm Succession, Transfer and Partnerships::- Agriculture is removed from the commercial definition and revised in line with the residential stamp duty charge of 1%, up to €1m, and 2% thereafter.::- The Young Trained Farmer Stamp Duty Relief is…

FARM SCHEMES::Suckler Cow & Beef::Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme - Government support committed to suckler farmers in 2023 is €28m less than current levels. This is unacceptable. The new Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme must be built on to provide farmers a minimum of…

- The allocation to the Irish farming sector from the BAR needs to reflect the importance of the UK market to Irish primary producers and to protect them against the disproportionate impact of Brexit on Irish agri-food exports. Farmers, as price takers, cannot be left carrying…

Taxation measures to Support climate action::- If any percentage of the farm is dedicated to farm forestry, it should be defined as agricultural land and the CAT Agricultural Relief applied to the whole farm.::- Farm forestry is treated in a similar manner in relation to the…

Exemption of Agricultural Land from Proposed Residential Zoned Land Tax::• The proposed Residential Zoned Land Tax will not apply to currently used agricultural land in a manner similar to the exemption provided under the Vacant Site Levy exemption.::• Intent of purpose…

To response to query from Senator Dooley regarding information on Kerry Patronage Shares::2011 to 2013 - Kerry shares issued to farmers, for trading with the company.::2016 - Revenue challenged the treatment of these maintaining that they should be treated as trading…

To highlight the challenges facing Irish farmers::To engage with Members of the Oireachtas visiting the IFA stand to highlight the key points in the IFA Budget 2023 Submission.::To listen to farmers' concerns regarding rising costs, Brexit and sectoral emissions targets.

To highlight how farmers are engaging with biodiversity and the challenges faced in considering biodiversity in their farming.::To highlight how Ireland Ireland has a predominately extensive grass-based livestock farming system which uses less inputs and provides many positive…

To streamline the Forestry licencing process to allow farmers a 'one-stop shop' when it comes to gaining licences and permissions for foprestry.::To ensure that the farmers' time and money is not wasted by having a system of licencing at every step of the forest farming life…

To highlight the impact of the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme(ACRES) on Burren Farmer Payments::Up until 2022 the average annual payment for Burren Farmers through the Burren Payment(BP) and the Green Low Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) was circa €9 - 10,000. From…

To highlight the potential negative imports on the agriculture sector of an unrealistic sectoral ceiling::This is reflected in more detail in a KPMG report commissioned by the Irish Farmers Journal, Ireland's 2030 Carbon Emissions Targets — An Economic Impact Assessment for the…

Awareness of the work of Ruhama and influence on policy relating to Domestic, Sexual Gender Based Violence

To update on Match Group's approach to online safety::To update on Match Group's approach to digital competition