Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 4)
Ballymahon Community Information Partnership
2025-09-02
Intent: Engagement with the community regarding recent decisions made at the Ballymahon Municipal District in relation to Active Travel and the reconfiguration of the road way and side walks/cycleways. Door to door leaflet drop and face to face interaction informing members of our local community about said proposals.
Details: Active Travel Information
Officials: Mark Casey, Martin Skelly, Mick Cahill, Pat O’Toole, Paul Ross, John Brannigan
Methods: Information on a recent Part 8 Planning application in relation to active travel. - Letter
Horse Racing Ireland
2025-05-21
Intent: Advocating the economic benefits of HRI & to ensure continued government support for the Irish horseracing industry
Details: Stallion Trail Invitations
Officials: James Lawless, Bernard Durkan, Aidan Farrelly, Réada Cronin, Naoise O'Cearúil, Joe Neville, Martin Heydon, Seán Ó Fearghaíl, ...
Methods: Email
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA
2025-05-15
Intent: To meet with the Local authority to highlight the problems with the local bridge.::To propose that the bridge is upgraded in order to keep the road open in the area.
Details: Brannigan Bridge, County Longford
Officials: Paul Ross
Methods: Phone call
Family Carers Ireland
2024-09-20
Intent: Successful outcome for carers housing issue::Housing supports for local carer
Details: Housing issue for local carer
Officials: Vinny McCormack, Paul Ross, Darragh O'Brien, Emer Higgins
Methods: Vinny Mc Cormack - Phone call, Paul Ross - Phone call, Emer Higgins Darragh O Brien - Email
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA
2024-09-20
Intent: To meet with the Local Election candidates and impress on them the difficulties facing Irish farmers and how they are required to stand strong and protect and promote on behalf of all farmers.::To seek better recognition of the positive contribution farmers make to society.::To propose a fair income and standard of living for current and future farming generations.::Emphasise that farmers need to farm and produce food and not be regulated out of existence.::Roadside Ash Dieback scheme is required urgently;::To highlight that a Roadside Ash dieback Scheme is required urgently. Diseased ash trees along public roads are posing a significant risk to all road users. A financial package is needed to allow Local Authorities to provide traffic management during felling and grants to support farmers to hire qualified professional to safely fell the trees.::Unfair Taxes (Residential Zoned Land Tax RZLT), water charges and rates must be resisted;::To emphasise that farmers are private landowners
Details: Local Government Elections 2024
Officials: Adrienne Wallace, Anne-Marie Ford, Bernie Conlon, Ciarán Fisher, Daniel Butler, Declan Power, Dolores Minogue, Ejiro O'Hare Stratton, ...
Methods: Meeting, Letter, Submission, ...
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA
2024-05-19
Intent: To voice farmers' anger and frustration at the ever-increasing administrative burden being placed on them which has had a major impact on farm family incomes.::These frustrations have broadened into anger with European and National lawmakers over the massive increase in regulations relating to Agriculture. The EU, the Irish Government and local Government are devising policies far from the farm gate with little or no consideration of the direct impact on farmers.::The following are some of the key issues that are contributing to growing frustration and anger with the political system::1. The transformation of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) away from supporting food production towards actually reducing farm output. The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) funding is being redirected to environmental schemes – the EU is effectively implementing new environmental regulations such as the “eco-schemes” on the cheap by redirecting existing funding instead of allocating additional funds.::2
Details: Longford County Council - Enough is Enough Campaign
Officials: Colin Dalton, Colm Murray, Garry Murtagh, Gerard Farrell, Gerry Hagan, Gerry Warnock, John Browne, Mark Casey, ...
Methods: Event / Reception, Social Media, Email, ...
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA
2024-05-17
Intent: To communicate to the Irish Government, the vast number of issues and the frustration of farmers on the ground due a number of key issues, including::- The EU Green Deal/Farm to Fork policies and their impact on farm productivity/cost of production;::- The transformation of CAP away from supporting food production to curbing farm output – particularly GAEC 2;::- The proposed Mercosur deal and how it could devastate the Irish Beef sector;::- Overly complicated schemes such as ACRES and TAMS which have been poorly implemented by the Irish Department of Agriculture leading to widespread delayed payment and failure to deliver any investment grant aid approvals in 2023;::- Excessive regulation adding massively to farmers cost of production;::- Nitrates derogation reduction;::- The Nature Restoration;::- The Industrial Emissions Directive and the Commissions farcical handling of it;.::- The 3-crop and catch crops rules in tillage with DAFM saying this week there is no room for flexibility d
Details: EU Farmer Protests - Solidarity of Irish Farmers
Officials: Adrienne Wallace, Aidan Browne, Aidan Farrelly, Aisling Dolan, Al McDonnell, Alan Dillon, Andrea Dalton, Andrew Bolger, ...
Methods: Email, Event / Reception, Social Media, ...
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA
2024-01-19
Intent: To seek an extension to the Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) deadline to ensure greater flexibility to ensure that farmers get their fair share of the fund.::To highlight what a huge failure it would be if the Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) funds were returned when farmers across all sectors need support.::To highlight that only 5% of Ireland's Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) funds have been allocated to farmers to date.::To emphasise how, with the expansion of UK trade negotiations, Irish farmers will take a huge hit. The tripling of Australian lamb exports and the fourfold increase in Australian beef exports to the UK market in August shows the huge risk to our exports. Analysis shows that €300m of Irish beef and €75m of Irish lamb could be displaced in 2024 from the UK market due to these new trade deals.
Details: Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) Funding
Officials: Brian Leddin, Charlie McConalogue, Chris MacManus, Claire Kerrane, Denis O'Donovan, Jackie Cahill, Joe Flaherty, Johnny Mythen, ...
Methods: Meeting, Email, Social Media, ...
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA
2024-01-19
Intent: To call on the Minister for Agriculture to ensure that all farmers who applied for the new liming programme are accepted into the scheme in full.::To highlight that farmers are keen to improve on-farm efficiencies and their environmental footprint. There is huge demand for the National Liming Programme because farmers want to improver soil fertility and thereby reduce chemical fertiliser usage.::To acknowledge that the increase in the budget allocation for the National Liming Programme and commitments from Government that it will be reviewed again are welcome.::To propose that the Minister must ensure that all valid applications for the National Liming Programme are accommodated, with full payment made on strength of purchase receipts received.::To highlight that the grazing stocking rate over 170kg is unfair on farmers operating mixed farms. Slurry and Lime is being spread on the whole farm (including arable lands) so whole farm calculations should be used.::To propose that the Liming
Details: National Liming Programme
Officials: Brian Leddin, Charlie McConalogue, Dara Calleary, Denis O'Donovan, Jackie Cahill, Joe Flaherty, Lisa Chambers, Lynn Boylan, ...
Methods: Email, Meeting, Informal communication, ...
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA
2024-01-19
Intent: To highlight that the budget of the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine is reduced from €2.14bn to €1.94bn, a 10% reduction. This is a long way short of what is required to bolster a sector which is struggling with high input costs, lower commodity prices and unfavourable weather for many sectors.::To highlight that the 'Climate and Nature Fund' has little detail. Farmers will be concerned about what will be required of them to access any of this fund.::To express disappointment that the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine did not use the Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) fund to offset the impact of Brexit on the agricultural sector despite IFA putting forward a range of proposals to deal with specific issues around funding for the livestock, sheep, tillage and horticulture sectors. Farmers, who are facing the consequences of trade deals, will be disappointed as it now looks like the this funding will go back to Brussels.::To point out that the increase expected
Details: Budget 2024
Officials: Aengus Ó Snodaigh, Aidan Davitt, Aindrias Moynihan, Aisling Dolan, Alan Dillon, Alan Farrell, Alan Kelly, Alice-Mary Higgins, ...
Methods: Email, Social Media, Informal communication