Politician · Senator · 27th Seanad
Returns filed on the Register of Lobbying, newest first, with the policy area and intended results as the lobbyist published them.
To highlight the concern farmers are experiencing by the threat posed by bark beetles to their conifer plantations given the unprecedented amount of conifer mortality that we are seeing in Europe and the UK. Bark beetle outbreaks are erupting with increasing frequency, new…
To highlight to the Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine the difficulties in the sheep sector and the need for support by means of meaningful funding commitments to offset the enormous income challenges on farms.::To highlight that the margins on sheep farms dropped…
To highlight that the budget of the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine is reduced from €2.14bn to €1.94bn, a 10% reduction. This is a long way short of what is required to bolster a sector which is struggling with high input costs, lower commodity prices and…
To highlight the opportunities and challenges faced by organic dairy, beef and tillage farmers.::To highlight the challenges and rewards of transitioning to organic farming.
To highlight that much more discussion is needed before any changes are made to calf regulations.
To highlight that, in the past number of months, an ever-growing number of items upon which farmers would have previously received VAT refunds under the VAT 58 process for refunding VAT to unregistered farmers, on fixed capital items are no longer qualifying for this refund.::To…
To seek assurances from the Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine that the Food Ombudsman will be functional by the end of the year.::To welcome the announcement of the new Agri-Regulator Board and that the new Agri-Food Regulator will take up the role on December…
To highlight the problematic year experienced on all tillage farms with the weather proving especially difficult in March, April, July and September.::To emphasise that the proposed emergency financial support announced by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine…
To highlight that this year's potato harvest is the worst in recent memory and is rapidly turning into a salvage operation as drills are under water following recent flooding.::To emphasise that with more heavy rainfall forecast on already saturated ground, growers will not be…
To acknowledge the new grant for repairing or replacing existing septic tanks announced by the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage.::To highlight that the qualifying condition that a septic tank must be registered with the local authority prior to 1st February…
To highlight the frustration felt by farmers at the lack of progress by the Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine and his Department in addressing critical issues in the Tuberculosis (TB) programme.::To highlight that, despite increased funding provided over the last…
To challenge the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine on their inaction in providing an efficient competitive Fallen Animals Collection service which has led to a dispute between knackeries and renderers.
To challenge the Department who promised that ACRES payments would commence end-November. It's included in the Farmers Charter of Rights document which was issued last week. It is not acceptable to announce now that payments will be delayed until February 2024, at a time when…
Delivery of supports for the Horticultural sector
Delivery of supports for the Horticultural sector