Hill Farming Committee

Flor McCarthy

Chairman Hill Farming Committee

086-2612989 info@ifa.ie

Denis Griffin

Senior Policy Executive

01-4260346 denisgriffin@ifa.ie

About the Hill Farming Committee

• The Hill Farmers Committee represents 20,000 hill farmers.
• The main objective to the Committee is to improve farm income and to seek supports through various measures which are necessary to sustain in these difficult areas.
• The membership of the Committee is drawn from those counties that have a high proportion of hill land.
• The Committee deals with all aspects of CAP both Pillar I and Pillar II as it affects hill farmers.
• It is also involved in the recreational use of hill land mainly through the walks scheme and through involvement with Comhairle na Tuaithe.

Hill Farming Committee 2020