Farm Business Committee
Bill O’Keeffe
Robert Malone
About the Farm Business & Taxation Committee
The IFA Farm Business Committee is a national committee, with elected representatives from all 29 of IFA’s County Executives. Committee members come from all different sectors of farming, thereby providing a comprehensive and up-to-date view of the business issues facing farm families. The Farm Business Committee has the lead role in developing the IFA annual pre-budget submission.
The key roles of the farm business committee are:
- Development of taxation policy proposals for farm businesses and families and identifying measures necessary to support farm investment, promote farm transfer and land mobility.
- Liaising with the banking sector on issues of credit relevant to farmers – access to credit, the cost of credit and length of decision making on loan applications
- Assisting farmers who may be encountering credit difficulties
Farm Business & Taxation Committee
ROLE & COUNTY | NAME | MOBILE |
CHAIRMAN | Bill O’Keeffe | 086 8392396 |
VICE CHAIR | Fergal Hennessy | 087 6855336 |
CARLOW | John Nolan | 087 4164478 |
CAVAN | Owen Brodie | 087 2021048 |
CLARE | Rosaleen O’Reilly | 087 2286819 |
CORK (C) | Marie McCarthy | 087 2354353 |
CORK (N) | Donal Buckley | 087 6451521 |
CORK (W) | Jerry O’Sullivan | 087 9856745 |
DONEGAL | Andrew McShea | 086 8354450 |
DUBLIN | Laurence Ward | 086 8369438 |
GALWAY | Deirdre Mongan | 087 7957910 |
KERRY | Pat O’Driscoll | 087 2833516 |
KILDARE | Eugene Lawler | 087 2597495 |
KILKENNY | Sean Cummins | 087 7434657 |
LAOIS | Anne-Marie Aird | 086 6047531 |
LEITRIM | Seamus Quinn | 086 8633839 |
LIMERICK | Pius Horgan | 087 2292700 |
LONGFORD | Ann Tully | 087 9236983 |
LOUTH | Gerard Meegan | 086 1270330 |
MAYO | Martin Gilvarry | 086 6082173 |
MEATH | Fergal Hennessy | 087 6855336 |
MONAGHAN | Martin Connolly | 087 2753989 |
OFFALY | Noel Keyes | 087 8636962 |
ROSCOMMON | Gerard Fallon | 086 1298317 |
SLIGO | Margaret Gormonly | 087 4021472 |
TIPP. NTH | Michael Leonard | 087 2673534 |
TIPP. STH | Bernadette Quinn | 086 8122629 |
WATERFORD | John Joe Byrne | 086 6034572 |
WESTMEATH | Paul Slevin | 087 6527616 |
WEXFORD | John Kelly | 087 6409615 |
WICKLOW | Tom Short | 087 2997105 |
Co-opt | Martin Stapleton | 086 2596950 |