Intent: Attention to home care and our policy briefing 2025 calling for regulation of the industry, more staff and definition of what is and is not included in statutory home care
Details: Launch of new brand used to bring attention to home care
Rebrand launch events at local offices throughout the country highlighting new name and recruitment drive. Public officials attended local launches and were given a copy of our Home Care Policy Briefing 2025 document. One manager also visited Leinster House to provide Barry Ward with a copy of Home Care Policy Brief. - Event / Reception
Intent: Attention to home care and our policy briefing 2025 calling for regulation of the industry, more staff and definition of what is and is not included in statutory home care
Details: Launch of new brand used to bring attention to home care
Rebrand launch events at local offices throughout the country highlighting new name and recruitment drive. Public officials attended local launches and were given a copy of our Home Care Policy Briefing 2025 document. - Event / Reception
Intent: To advise and assist the council in the formulation, development and review of policy with Mayo County Council, offering Ballina Chamber an opportunity for full involvement in the policy making process from the early stages.
Details: Quarterly meeting Tourism, Recreation, Food and Community Engagement SPC
Intent: To highlight the need for a ‘mixed technology’ policy approach to achieve a 'Just Transition' to decarbonisation which ensures choice and affordability for rural off natural gas grid households and businesses.
Details: Communications regarding attendance and participation at Liquid Gas Ireland's event series on a 'Just Transition' for rural Ireland.
Intent: To highlight the need for a ‘mixed technology’ policy approach to achieve a 'Just Transition' to decarbonisation which ensures choice and affordability for rural off natural gas grid households and businesses.
Details: Outreach regarding attendance at Liquid Gas Ireland's event series on a 'Just Transition' for rural Ireland.
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: Mayo County Council - Enough is Enough Campaign
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
Intent: To advise and assist the council in the formulation, development and review of policy with Mayo County Council, offering Ballina Chamber an opportunity for full involvement in the policy making process from the early stages.
Details: Quarterly meeting Tourism, Recreation, Food and Community Engagement SPC
Reviewing policy and discussions around Mayo County Council projects.The SPC were specifically invited to Ballina and the meeting was conducted in Ballina - Meeting
