Eddie Bannon; Diarmaid Lally, Meath chair; Regina Doherty, Minister for Social Protection; IFA president Joe Healy; Damien English, Minister of State; and David Hannon.
Martin Doherty; Michael McGrath, TD, Fianna Fáil spokesperson on finance; John Murphy; and Harold Kingston, Cork Central chair.
Chris Hill, Wicklow chair; Andrew Doyle, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture; Angus Woods, livestock chair; and Pat Dunne, hill chair.
James Murphy, South Leinster chair and John Coughlan, Munster chair, talk with Charlie McConalogue, TD, Fianna Fáil agriculture spokesperson (centre).
John Lynskey, sheep chair; Senator John O’Mahony; Padraic Joyce, Connacht chair; Dara Calleary, TD; and Martin Gilvarry, Mayo chair.
IFA deputy president Richard Kennedy; Tom Neville, TD; IFA president Joe Healy; James English; Tom Hogan, pigs chair; and Martin Stapleton, farm business chair.
Brendan Lawlor; Pat O’Shea; Michael Healy-Rae, TD; Patrick O’Driscoll; Kerry Chair; and, Pat O’Connor.
Martin Kenny, TD; David Notley; Tony McLoughlin, TD; Marc MacSharry, TD; IFA president Joe Healy; Kathleen Henry; JP Cowley, Sligo chair; Eamon Scanlon, TD; Pat Gilhooley; and Dessie McHugh.
Pat Collins, forestry chair; Maura Canning, farm family chair; Minister Denis Naughten; IFA president Joe Healy; and John Hanley, Roscommon chair.
Pearse Doherty, Sinn Féin finance spokesperson, talks with IFA president Joe Healy.
Peter Burke, TD; Roy McCormack; Sean Confrey, Longford chair; Willie Penrose, TD; Gerry Reilly, horticulture chair; Kenneth Bray, Westmeath chair; and Richard O’Brien.
At an IFA pre-budget briefing for Oireachtas members last week, IFA representatives met with TDs and senators from around the country to press for budget measures to support farm incomes and improve competitiveness. The IFA is calling for further low-cost bank financing to farmers, increased farm scheme funding, equalising of the earned income and PAYE tax credits and has sought the Government to pursue direct support at EU level for farm level measures that counteract the sterling related price drops.
IFA president Joe Healy said: “Delivery on the IFA’s budget proposals will contribute to tackling low farm incomes, underpinning the contribution of the farming and agri-food sector to the economy, including the Foodwise 2025 targets, and supporting economic activity in rural communities”
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At an IFA pre-budget briefing for Oireachtas members last week, IFA representatives met with TDs and senators from around the country to press for budget measures to support farm incomes and improve competitiveness. The IFA is calling for further low-cost bank financing to farmers, increased farm scheme funding, equalising of the earned income and PAYE tax credits and has sought the Government to pursue direct support at EU level for farm level measures that counteract the sterling related price drops.
IFA president Joe Healy said: “Delivery on the IFA’s budget proposals will contribute to tackling low farm incomes, underpinning the contribution of the farming and agri-food sector to the economy, including the Foodwise 2025 targets, and supporting economic activity in rural communities”
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