Commenting on today’s loan sale by AIB, IFA President Joe Healy said the Association has had significant and ongoing engagement with AIB in recent weeks, during which AIB gave a commitment to IFA that any family farm homes would be excluded from any loan sales.
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14 05 2018
PILOT AGRI LABOUR PERMIT SCHEME A WELCOME FIRST STEP
Cattle, Dairy, Farm Business & Credit, Horticulture, PotatoIFA President Joe Healy has welcomed the announcement by Minister for Enterprise, Business and Innovation Heather Humphreys of a pilot labour permit scheme for the agriculture sector as a positive first step.
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01 05 2018
MINISTER MUST ENSURE ALL FARMERS ARE EXCLUDED FROM SITE LEVY
Environment & Rural Affairs, Farm Business & CreditAhead of a meeting between the Department of Housing and local authorities on the implementation of the Vacant Site Levy this week, IFA President Joe Healy has reiterated his call on Minister John Paul Phelan to issue a revised circular to clarify that farmland should not be deemed ‘vacant’.
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The Irish Farmers Association has announced a significant escalation in its campaign against vulture funds trying to force farm families to sell their farms to settle debts.
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Find out the background to the Vacant Site Levy, and what IFA is doing to ensure farmers are not unfairly subject to a levy.
