Fairer Approach Needed for Access to Farm Assist & the Rural Social Scheme
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 […]
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IFA Welcomes Additional Rural Social Scheme Places
Posted by newsdesk1 on March 26, 2018 · Leave a Comment
IFA Rural Development Chairman Joe Brady has welcomed the announcement that 250 additional places in the Rural Social Scheme have been allocated. The additional places, secured by IFA in Budget 2018, increase the total number of places on the scheme from 3,100 to 3,350. Joe Brady said the Rural Social Scheme is a vital support […]
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IFA Meets Minister Varadkar On Farm Assist Review
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 […]
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