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Intent: The proposals presented in FCIs Pre-Budget Submission adopted in Budget 2027
Details: Invitation to attend Carers’ Priorities for Budget 2027 Town Halls events taking place from Aug 31 to September 14 in 19 locations across the country.
Intent: Attendance/representation at planned meetings and support for recommended funding in 2027 budget
Details: Pre-Budget Town Hall and Local Assembly Meeting for family carers
Intent: Called on the Government to withdraw the Bill before Seanad Éireann and urged Senators and all members of the Oireachtas to oppose it due to concerns over its ISDS clauses and the trade agreements it would facilitate. Also called for rejection of trade agreements containing ISDS provisions and for Ireland to use its influence to promote more progressive EU trade policy.
Details: Arbitration (Amendment) Bill 2025
Intent: Work towards legislation to remove 3-day wait and expansion of abortion legislation
Details: Call for amendments of abortion legislation
Intent: Development of IFCA PBS and Oireachtas Cross Party Committee and seek support for our PBS Asks for 2027
Details: Pre-Budget Submission 2027
Intent: IFA Propose::• IFA supports the Programme for Government commitment to reviewing the thresholds for CAT. As land values have increased, IFA supports the increase of the Category A threshold (parent and child) from the current rate of €400,000 to €500,000.::• Due to changing demographics and family structures, the Favourite Nephew or Niece relief should be extended to a Favourite Successor Relief, allowing the farm to be gifted to someone in a better position to continue farming the land. The movement from Category B/C threshold to Category A would allow for a lower tax liability, protecting the farm's sustainability and promoting generation renewal. This would align with a qualifying successor criterion under the Fair Deal Successor Scheme.::• No age limit requirements should be imposed on farmers seeking relief when transferring land between generations.
Details: Agriculture/Business Relief Capital Acquisition Tax (CAT) Values
Intent: Secure amendments to the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2028
Details: Strengthen rights of workers to be able to opt for extra working hours where available
Intent: To inform public representatives of our Pre Budget Submission with a view to securing meetings later in the year year with them.
Details: Submission of Pre Budget Submission
Intent: IFA Propose::• An appropriate compensation scheme, funded independent of CAP, is required to ensure farmers currently affected by designation are properly compensated for the farming restrictions placed on them and to account for loss of earnings and devaluation of land. Compensation should be permanent and in place for as long as the designation is in place.::A ‘no compensation, no designation' policy should apply. IFA oppose any further designations on farm land until current designations have been adequately compensated for and existing system inefficiencies redressed.::• No further restrictions should apply to lands currently designated. Instead, increased support (advisory; financial etc) should be provided and agricultural activity allowed to continue.::• Legislative provisions should be introduced to denote the voluntary nature of NRL interventions, with robust protective measures designed and in place to protect the security value and economic interests of adjoining landowners.
Details: Designated Areas
Intent: IFA propose the introduction of an agricultural Rainy Day Fund, which allows farmers across all sectors to put aside a small percentage of their gross receipts, whether in their coop, a specially assigned bank account, or a State Farm Volatility Fund.::IFA propose the deferred funds could subsequently be drawn down within the following five years, and the tax due would be paid in the year of withdrawal.
Details: Cost of Business on Farms
