Intent: • A further 100 permits for dairy farm assistants, and 500 horticulture worker permits are required for 2020, as well as a review of the needs of both sectors thereafter to avoid the stop/start of the last two years.::• The pig and poultry sectors require a quota of 100 permits for farm workers for 2020.
Details: EMPLOYMENT PERMITS - IFA Submission to the Political Parties and Dáil Candidates for 2020 General Election
Intent: General public consultation in relation to the Greenlink Interconnector Project to ensure that the public and the Wexford County Council members are consulted during the development of the project. No specific request or policy being lobbied
Details: Development of Greenlink Interconnector Project
Emails relating to the Greenlink Interconnector Project including the public consultations to be held by the project in Wexford and in relation to a new equity joint venture partner that had invested in the project - EmailPublic consultation event held by the Greenlink Interconnector Project attended by Councillor Michael Whelan - Event / Reception
Intent: To propose the scrapping Section 8 of this bill which would allow hedgecutting in August & burning in March will negatively impact breeding birds and other biodiversity. Comms also included detail on the impacts of burning on birds and other wildlife.
Intent: That the 10,660 farmers in ANCs in South Leinster must be full protected::That these farmers retain the full value of their existing payment of €19.6m::That the funding for ANCs be restored to their pre-2009 level from the current allocation of €205m to €250m::That payment rates are pitched at the level that reflects the natural handicap for various areas.
Details: Areas of National Constraints (ANC) Review - Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Offaly, Wexford, Wicklow - South Leinster Region
Details: Submitted proposed amendments to the Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016, the UN CRPD 'Triple lock' and the lived experience of people with disabilities in Ireland.
