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Bât. Louise Weiss
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1, avenue du Président Robert Schuman
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Liam Aylward has played a key role in Europe since becoming an MEP in the year 2004 on a number of key issues including the following: He led the political campaign within the EU institutions to ban Brazilian beef products coming into Europe, on the basis that the same rules, standards and procedures which apply to the European beef processing sector should apply to beef imports as well. He played a central role in protecting European beef exports to the Russian market in 2006, when EU - Russian relations had deteriorated. He carried out a key report for the European Parliament, on the issue of reforming the sheep farming and lamb processing sectors. This much acclaimed report is seen as the EU wide blueprint for reforming these sectors in Europe. He has also been a very strong supporter of legislation which fully protects the EU food chain. As a member of the Committee on Culture and Education Liam has been active in trying to develop and shape the new EU competence in Sport and is encouraging Irish sporting organisations to take full advantage of new opportunities for development at the European level.
The 116000 Missing Child Hotline should soon be operational in Ireland as COMREG have confirmed that they have allocated the licence to operate the Hotline to the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Read More | Share
The European Parliament Sports report voted in Brussels today proposes concrete actions for the European Commission and the Member States within three broad chapters: the societal role of sport, the economic dimension of sport and the organisation of sport. Read More | Share
Immediate action is needed at the EU level to combat unfair and anti-competitive practices right across the food supply chain was the message from the European Parliament today following a debate on imbalances in the food supply chain. Read More | Share
In light of the visit of the Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development to Ireland, Liam Aylward, MEP for Ireland East and Member of the European Parliament Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development has urged the Commissioner to take this opportunity to inject some certainty and clarity into the CAP debate. Read More | Share
Following an extraordinary meeting of the European Parliament Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development last night a break-through has been reached to allow funding to be made available for the Most Deprived Person's Programme (Food Aid for the Needy) Read More | Share
Liam Aylward, MEP for Ireland East and author of a European Parliament Report on combating child labour, this week lent his support to a student campaign to end child labour practices in Uzbekistan. Read More | Share
Liam Aylward MEP for Ireland East and Member of the European Parliament Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development has criticised the Government for targeting cuts at the most vulnerable farmers living in disadvantaged areas. Read More | Share
Liam Aylward MEP for the constituency of Ireland East has today welcomed the launch of the new Horizon 2020 programme that was announced today in Brussels by the European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science Màire Geoghegan-Quinn. Horizon 2020 is a central part of Europe 2020, which is a key cornerstone of European economic strategy. Read More | Share
Liam Aylward MEP for Ireland East and Member of the European Parliament Committee on Education, Youth and Sport was delighted to invite Special Olympics athletes from 7 countries to the European Parliament yesterday evening to share their experiences and give their perspective on social inclusion through sport and the internet. Read More | Share
At present the EU produces 90 million tonnes of food waste each year and 50% of healthy and edible food is lost along the entire food supply chain. Avoidable food waste is leading to mounting costs for consumers and the environment at a time when there are growing concerns for food security. Read More | Share
Priorities:
Economy - Working in Europe on a number of different initiatives which support Irish economic recovery.The EU is financing the development of both key infrastructure projects in Ireland and in up-skilling the Irish workforce.
Agriculture -Fighting to protect payments to Irish farmers and to rural communities under the Common Agricultural Policy. Key negotiations concerning the future of the Common Agricultural Policy 2014 - 2021 will be completed by the year 2011.
Irish businesses - Fighting for a greater level of EU funding to support Irish small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). More financial resources must be secured from the European Investment Bank for Irish businesses and red tape at an EU level must be cut.
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