Intent: To advocate for increased housing delivery across the Greater Dublin Area, including support for brownfield development and growth in well-connected commuter locations.
Details: Engagement with Oireachtas members on accelerating housing delivery across the Greater Dublin Area.
Intent: To advocate for the removal of the passenger cap at Dublin Airport in order to protect and enhance international connectivity, support trade, tourism and employment, and strengthen Ireland’s competitiveness as an open economy.
Details: Engagement with Oireachtas members on Dublin Airport capacity and the importance of international connectivity to Dublin and Ireland’s competitiveness.
Intent: To advocate for accelerated delivery of critical infrastructure across the Greater Dublin Area, including the Eastern and Midlands Water Supply Project and Greater Dublin Drainage Scheme, alongside sustained investment in shovel-ready public transport projects including DART+, LUAS Finglas and BusConnects.
Details: Engagement with Oireachtas members on the delivery of critical infrastructure required to support Dublin’s continued growth and competitiveness.
Intent: Support the Ministers commitment of placing generational renewal at the centre of Ireland’s priorities for its upcoming Presidency of the Council of the European Union::Advocating for 10% of CAP funding to be ring-fenced for young farmers and generational renewal measures
Details: Ireland's EU Presidency needs to deliver for young farmers
Intent: Extension of the diesel rebate through the winter months; review of the measure in Spring 2027.
Details: That the current diesel rebate be extended beyond 31 October 2026, covering all winter months, with a review in Spring 2027 — providing farmers with certainty through the winter while allowing Government to assess fuel prices and wider economic circumstances before setting the level of support there, ...
Intent: Reduced reliance on imported protein feed, improved soil health and nutrient management, climate-smart farming, better biodiversity, practical on-farm innovation, diversified farm income, and stronger national food and feed security — as a targeted innovation measure, not a large-scale tillage expansion.
Details: Pre-budget 2027 -A new national scheme to encourage domestic production of protein crops and reduce reliance on imported feed (particularly soya).
Intent: To highlight Macra's concerns about the fodder crisis ::To presents the views of young farmers ::Put forward solutions for assisting farmers effected by the fodder crisis
Details: Meeting with Minister for Agriculture on Fodder Crisis
Intent: Greater farmer participation in environmental programmes, improved delivery of Ireland's climate and biodiversity objectives, and farmers retaining the full value of environmental payments.
Details: Tax treatment of payments under the Organic Farming Scheme (and other environmental schemes like ACRES and Eco-Scheme), which are currently treated as ordinary farm income.