Darragh O'Brien

To obtain an official letter from a minister to help bring major investment to Ireland::To create an EU security committee in Ireland hat deals with national disasters and border security

Begin to tackle bottlenecks to growth by accelerating productive infrastructure investment by €500m in 2017.::Stabilise housing demand and affordability as supply increases by introducing a first time buyer savings scheme.::Increase the number of scaling businesses in Ireland by…

Triple the capital investment envelope for projects in the Greater Dublin Area.::Create a strategy to address the transport 'bottlenecks' that will impact on the short, medium and long term competitiveness of the region.::Fund a regional implementation plan to ensure the…

Ensure joined up thinking across the local authorities of County Dublin and Greater Dublin Area.::Create policies that make Dublin more attractive for residents, commuters, visitors and employers as it competes with other international city regions.::Development of a long-term…

Discretion in lending small amounts to be restored to credit unions::To ensure credit is available for the most vulnerable

To request the speedy transfer of regulatory approval from a foreign jurisdiction to Ireland, specifically through the introduction of an initial 'grandfathering' clause to allow companies to trade from Ireland.

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…

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

To make the various TD's and senators aware of the concerns our members had with regards the proposal to open a supervised injecting centre in Dublin City Centre

To ensure understanding of industry perspective on proposed legislation and policy change.

To promote understanding the economic potential of Irish Whiskey Tourism in Ireland.

Renewed commitment and plan of action for the Government's target of an 80% reduction in emissions between transport, energy and buildings::Renewed commitment and plan of action for the Government's target of carbon neutrality for agriculture by 2050::The National Climate Change…