BUDGET ’18 NEEDS MEASURES TO SUPPORT FARMING AS BREXIT BITES
14 September 2017
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IFA President Joe Healy led a delegation to a meeting with the Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe to present IFA’s pre- Budget submission Supporting Farm Incomes – Underpinning Competitiveness. IFA President Joe Healy impressed upon Minister Donohoe that Budget 2018 has to address the impact of Brexit on farming.
The IFA President also highlighted to the Minister the urgent need for the Government to seek EU support for farm level measures that will counteract the price drops being experienced arising directly from the sterling depreciation. Mr Healy said, “While farming continues to contribute to economic growth, it remains a low-income sector, with average farm incomes last year…
