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Posted by newsdesk1 on April 17, 2024 · Leave a Comment
Speaking at the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands on ‘the impact of means testing on Farm Assist and other Social Welfare schemes’, IFA Deputy President Alice Doyle said a full reassessment of the means testing requirement is needed to ensure a fairer approach for people to access Farm […]
Posted by newsdesk1 on September 27, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Addressing Oireachtas members in Dublin as part of IFA’s pre-Budget campaign, IFA President Joe Healy said next month’s Budget is a major test of the Government’s commitment to farm families who are under serious income pressure after a year of low product and dreadful weather conditions. IFA officers who met TDs & Senators also […]
Posted by newsdesk1 on July 7, 2016 · Leave a Comment
At a meeting with Minister for Social Protection Leo Varadkar yesterday, IFA President Joe Healy urged the Minister that the reintroduction of the income and child disregards must be part of the review of Farm Assist, which has been promised in the new Programme for Government. The IFA President welcomed the review of Farm […]
Posted by newsdesk1 on July 27, 2015 · Leave a Comment
Independent TD Mattie McGrath has called on the Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton to defend the current Farm Assist budget from any further erosion. Deputy McGrath was speaking after he received confirmation via a Parliamentary Question that the budget for the Scheme has suffered a €17 million cut during the 2010-2014 period: “The Farm […]