Tillage Industry Ireland CLG

Politician(s) lobbied: Prof. Frank O’Mara (Director), Teagasc

Intent: A clear focus on Tillage at Teagasc in the context of stated Government policy to grow the area under tillage to 400,000 hectares

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Paul Savage (Assistant Secretary), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Intent: Secure adequate funding for Tillage sector to ensure economic viability of Farmer Growers

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Prof. Frank O’Mara (Director), Teagasc

Intent: Recognition of the importance of Tillage in Ireland and promotion of the positive impact on carbon emissions from using Irish Grain in livestock feed.

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown

Intent: Unknown

Methods: Unknown

Politician(s) lobbied: Eimear Cotter (Director), Environmental Protection Agency

Intent: Understanding the relative contribution of the tillage sector to the nitrates load in Irish Rivers

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Seán Kelly (MEP), European Parliament; Nina Carberry (MEP), European Parliament; Maria Walsh (MEP), European Parliament; Billy Kelleher (MEP), European Parliament; Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (MEP), European Parliament; Barry Cowen (MEP), European Parliament

Intent: To secure the future of tillage in Ireland.::To highlight the Environmental Attributes of Tillage in Ireland

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Louise Byrne (Deputy Chief Inspector), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Intent: Implementation of the 2023 Food Vision for Tillage report findings

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown

Intent: Unknown

Methods: Unknown

Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown

Intent: Unknown

Methods: Unknown

Politician(s) lobbied: John McGuinness (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Malcolm Noonan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Paul Phelan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Stanton (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Simon Coveney (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Micheál Martin (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Michael McGrath (Minister), Department of Finance; Charlie McConalogue (Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Joe McHugh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alan Farrell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Joe O'Brien (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jack Chambers (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Roderic O'Gorman (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Leo Varadkar (Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Bernard Durkan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Lawless (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Heydon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Barry Cowen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Fleming (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Charles Flanagan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Fergus O'Dowd (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Thomas Byrne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Helen McEntee (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Damien English (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jackie Cahill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Butler (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Browne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Kehoe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Stephen Donnelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Simon Harris (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Support for Tillage Farmers to Compete for land rental

Methods: Letter