Relevant Matter
Matters involving public funds
Public Policy Area
Agriculture
Period
1 May, 2018 to 31 Aug, 2018
Specific Details
Green, Low-Carbon, Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) Commonage Payment Delays
Intended results
To demonstrate that there are difficulties with the process of completing the Commonage Management Plans.
To demonstrate that the stocking levels set out on the Department’s website are not correct and the process to amend this, based on assessment by planners, is too onerous.
To point out that many of the Teagasc / Farm Relief Service planners who commenced the interim plans last year are no longer engaged in GLAS plans. Teagasc, which is the body that contracted Farm Relief Service (FRS) to do GLAS plans, has to make the necessary service available so that their clients are facilitated.
That in the future CAP post-2020 hill farmers must have a better environmental scheme than the current GLAS available to them. In addition, a lot of hill land is designated as SAC or SPA and this must be catered for with a meaningful support scheme that recognises the farming and other restrictions imposed.
Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity
Flor McCarthy IFA Hill Farming Chair
Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?)
No
Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign?
No
Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client?
No
Lobbying activity
The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.
Designated public officials lobbied
The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them.
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Jackie Cahill
TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy
TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)
Martin Kenny
TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)
Pat Deering
TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)
Charlie McConalogue
TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)
Willie Penrose
TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)
Thomas Pringle
TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)
Paul Daly
Councillor (Westmeath County Council)
Tim Lombard
Councillor (Cork County Council)
Pádraig MacLochlainn
TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)
Michelle Mulherin
TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)