IFA national chair Jer Bergin presented a report to the executive council of the IFA in Dublin on Tuesday with an update on the membership and income position of the association.
Since the IFA crisis in November, 528 farmers have actively cancelled their membership, according to Bergin. This means that the number of fully paid-up members eligible to vote in the election for president and deputy president now stands at 75,501.
Bergin said he “remained committed to the work programme to rebuild the trust of the membership, to continue the important day-to-day work of IFA in delivering on behalf of farmers, and to organise elections that will see a new leadership take over next month”.
Calls received since November
There were 1,132 calls to the IFA since November with comments and complaints regarding the crisis.
The IFA reported that over 96% of the received calls since November (30,335 calls) related to day-to-day farming issues, including SFP/Basic Payment, RDP farm schemes, GLAS, credit cases, FBD voucher and other benefits, branch AGM/election meetings and other day-to-day issues.
According to the IFA, members who initially called to cancel, and then decided to retain their membership until their next renewal date, gave the following reasons:
IFA representation on important issues affecting their income.€75 FBD insurance voucher.The right to vote in the presidential election.Personal accident and legal liability insurance.Mobile, telecom and power benefits.Non-voting members.
On non-voting members, Bergin said there were an additional 4,000 members who are overdue and an active programme is under way to make contact with and re-sign these people.
Countryside members, associate members and other non-fully paid-up members make up a further 4,000, Bergin said.
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IFA national chair Jer Bergin presented a report to the executive council of the IFA in Dublin on Tuesday with an update on the membership and income position of the association.
Since the IFA crisis in November, 528 farmers have actively cancelled their membership, according to Bergin. This means that the number of fully paid-up members eligible to vote in the election for president and deputy president now stands at 75,501.
Bergin said he “remained committed to the work programme to rebuild the trust of the membership, to continue the important day-to-day work of IFA in delivering on behalf of farmers, and to organise elections that will see a new leadership take over next month”.
Calls received since November
There were 1,132 calls to the IFA since November with comments and complaints regarding the crisis.
The IFA reported that over 96% of the received calls since November (30,335 calls) related to day-to-day farming issues, including SFP/Basic Payment, RDP farm schemes, GLAS, credit cases, FBD voucher and other benefits, branch AGM/election meetings and other day-to-day issues.
According to the IFA, members who initially called to cancel, and then decided to retain their membership until their next renewal date, gave the following reasons:
IFA representation on important issues affecting their income.€75 FBD insurance voucher.The right to vote in the presidential election.Personal accident and legal liability insurance.Mobile, telecom and power benefits.Non-voting members.
On non-voting members, Bergin said there were an additional 4,000 members who are overdue and an active programme is under way to make contact with and re-sign these people.
Countryside members, associate members and other non-fully paid-up members make up a further 4,000, Bergin said.
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