Current memberships may indicate policy relevance. They do not prove why a lobbying contact was made, and may not match membership at the time of older returns.
Intent: Inclusion in Budget 2027 key asks within Macra's prebudget document for young farmers and rural youth::Inclusion of a pilot succession scheme worth €5m
Details: Outline and explain Macra's pre budget document asks for young farmers and rural youth with politicians
Intent: Meeting on 8 July (and communications regarding logistics of same) between members of TBOI and and members of the Sinn Féin parliamentary party to discuss topics including judicial review, the Civil Reform Bill, Civil Legal Aid and Criminal Legal Aid
Details: Meeting between SF and members of TBOI to discuss various legal reforms currently underway
Intent: Present Veterinary Ireland's organisational views on the situation relating to Registered Veterinary Nurses in Veterinary Practices.
Details: Invitation to Veterinary Ireland to attend the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food on the topic 'Issues around Recruitment and Retention of Veterinary Nurses (Resumed)' on Wednesday 15th July 2026 at 3:30 pm until 6 pm in Committee Room 4 of Leinster House.
Intent: To highlight the need for multiannual funding and non-pay costs (insurance, pension auto-enrolment, energy etc.) for organisations providing older people's services and supports in the community.
Details: The Wheel attended a public policy roundtable hosted by the research programme: 'ASPIRE: Social Economy Initiatives Supporting Ageing in Place'. A number of TDs and public representatives were in attendance and we advocated for some of the needs of community and voluntary organisations working in th, ...
Intent: To inform political stakeholders of the successes and challenges within Horse Sport Ireland's high performance programme and reinforce the importance of continued Government support and investment.::To outline the achievements of the National Breeding Services programme and emphasise its role in supporting national breeding policy, genetic improvement, the competitiveness of the Irish sport horse sector and the need for ongoing policy and funding support.::To increase awareness among elected representatives of equestrian sport and the wider sport horse sector, its importance to rural communities, and its contribution to the Irish economy.::Highlighted the equestrian focus in the most recent round of the Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme (ORIS) and the need for councils to consider submitting applications.
Details: Opportunities and challenges for the sport horse sector
Intent: That the next CAP provides the resources that allow family farms to make a decent living, invest in their businesses and plan for the future, so that generational renewal is achieved through economically sustainable family farms and one generation can hand over a viable farm business to the next.
Details: That the next CAP puts farm viability at the centre of its priorities, and that the Irish Government backs a properly funded CAP and helps shape the outcome at European level, so that the ambitions discussed at the interparliamentary conference on generational renewal, women in agriculture and food , ...
Intent: That the Department adopts the use of the previous year's stocking rate for slurry import limits, providing a straightforward and practical system that farmers and advisers can work with, removes uncertainty, and still meets the requirements of the nitrates rules.
Details: That the Department applies the same common-sense approach to slurry import limits under the nitrates rules as it does for Active Farmer purposes under BISS, by using the previous year's stocking figures, so that farmers have certainty from the outset of the spreading season rather than having to ma, ...