Environment Committee
John Murphy
Geraldine O’Sullivan
The roles of the Environment & Rural Affairs Committee include:
- Removing unnecessary and excessive bureaucracy which is being imposed on farmers.
- Creating a greater understanding that farmers in recent years have spent over €2.5bn ensuring that their farms conform to the highest environmental standards and have the most emission efficient food production system in Europe.
Other important issues are:
- Ensuring proposed climate legislation does not hinder the development of the sustainable agri-food sector.
- Securing changes to existing hedge cutting dates.
- On-going support of farm families impacted by infrastructure projects.
- Opposing unjustifiable changes being imposed on rural dwellers.
- Seeking a more practical solution to the on-going farming by date and slurry spreading difficulties.
- Continuing to identify on-farm cost savings through the voluntary Smart Farming initiative.
Environment & Rural Affairs Committee
ROLE & COUNTY | NAME | MOB. NO. |
CHAIRMAN | John Murphy | 086 2795828 |
VICE CHAIR | Mark Connors | 086 3866426 |
CARLOW | John Duffy | 086 1961408 |
CAVAN | Seamus Dolan | 087 2938562 |
CLARE | Kieran Woods | 086 3708833 |
CORK (C) | Paraic Browne | 087 2731883 |
CORK (N) | Pat Coakley | 086 8090891 |
CORK (W) | John Beechinor | 087 2969242 |
DONEGAL | Michael Chance | 086 8031858 |
DUBLIN | Philip Maguire | 087 2765237 |
GALWAY | Henry Walsh | 087 2302537 |
KERRY | Tommy Culloty | 086 6030293 |
KILDARE | Tom Kelly | 087 6410178 |
KILKENNY | Eamon Sheehan | 086 6098300 |
LAOIS | Liam Delaney | 087 9611058 |
LEITRIM | David Notely | 087 4127081 |
LIMERICK | Barry Murphy | 086 8577260 |
LONGFORD | Emmet Duffy | 086 8734292 |
LOUTH | Peter Dunne | 089 2674359 |
MAYO | John Davitt | 087 6541853 |
MEATH | Martin Heaney | 086 2318174 |
MONAGHAN | Niall McMeel | 087 3962360 |
OFFALY | Enda Bracken | 087 6526315 |
ROSCOMMON | Jim O’Connor | 086 2502561 |
SLIGO | Bernie Finan | 087 2273224 |
TIPP. NTH | Seamus Hayes | 087 1263026 |
TIPP. STH | Michael J. Tobin | 086 1685169 |
WATERFORD | Mark Connors | 086 3866426 |
WESTMEATH | James Geoghegan | 086 2616018 |
WEXFORD | Thomas Doyle | 086 2403231 |
WICKLOW | David Johnson | 086 8540658 |