Keira Keogh

Intent: Restoration of the 9% rate of VAT for hospitality food services::Measures to improve cost competitiveness and avoid any further cost increases::For a review to be carried out of options for assisting hotels to develop employer-led staff accommodation across the sector::Targeted funding for a national hotel retrofitting scheme to reduce carbon footprint::Increased investment and support for tourism marketing both domestically and overseas.::Insurance reform and policy to avoid any additional increases in insurance costs::Increased investment in training and skills development within the sector::Robust enforcement of regulations around short term lettings::Additional resources for tourism economic research::Avoid the introduction of a tourist tax::Increased air access including removal of cap at Dublin airport

Details: Seeking Government measures to support the continued recovery of Ireland's tourism and hospitality industry

Intent: Back to School allowance made available to all Foster Carers and not to be means tested. We attached the letter we sent to Minister Foley also.

Details: Seeking support from Keira Keogh (Chair of Oireachtas Committee)

Intent: AV Room Briefing Event to discuss the challenges with the current issues facing the sector, staff retention and programme for government commitments and to explore policy solutions.

Details: AV Room Briefing Event to discuss the ongoing crises facing the early years and childcare sector

Intent: To discuss the challenges with the current issues facing the sector, staff retention and programme for government commitments and to explore policy solutions.

Details: Meeting to discuss the ongoing crises facing the early years and childcare sector

Intent: A review of the proposal to apply an E-liquids tax using self-declaration mechanism rather than a tax stamp.

Details: Email concerning the E-liquids Products Tax and concerns around the mechanism chosen to implement the tax via self-declaration rather than as a tax-stamp. Hale also referred to research commissioned from KPMG which raised several important policy considerations around the E-Liquids products tax incl, ... Read more

Intent: Offer full support from Hale Vaping, Ireland’s largest indigenous vaping company for the proposed Classification of HHC as a Schedule 1 Controlled Drug by the Government. Hale Vaping is not affiliated with the tobacco industry and has always upheld high standards of compliance and public health responsibility. As such, Hale have never stocked HHC products, which Hale view as unregulated and potentially harmful substance.

Details: Support for Classification of HHC as a Schedule 1 Controlled Drug

Intent: Raise awareness of need for public knowledge of risks from alcohol including liver disease, cancer and FASD. No delay in the introduction of planned alcohol health information labelling

Details: Alcohol health information labelling

Intent: To highlight that restoring the overall competitiveness of the agri-food sector must be a central component of the next Government's term. Ireland's dominance in external agri-food trade relative to our size is a testament to the hard work, dedication and quality of produce from Irish farms. Farmers today are operating in a very high-cost economy relative to international competitors.::That labour costs, energy prices, and our dependence on imports of fertiliser and animal feed due to a lack of national self-sufficiency expose us to more volatility and uncertainty than others. IFA analysis shows that average production costs on Irish farms have increased by close to 75% in recent years, with two in three farms now earning below the national minimum wage.::That,over the lifetime of the next Government, decisions will be made which will have huge implications for Irish farmers. IFA has identified the following key priority issues for farming and rural Ireland in the new Programme for Gov

Details: Priorities for Farming and Rural Ireland in New Government Programme

Intent: A review of the proposal to apply an E-liquids tax using self-declaration mechanism rather than a tax stamp.

Details: Email to members of the Oireachtas concerning the E-liquids Products Tax and concerns around the mechanism chosen to implement the tax via self-declaration rather than as a tax-stamp. Hale also referred to research commissioned from Forvis Mazars which raised several important policy considerations , ... Read more

Intent: Ensure Ireland's health information labelling of alcohol products goes ahead in May 2025 as provided for in law.

Details: Health information labelling of alcohol products