IFA director general salary is €185,350
It compares with a remuneration package as high as €535,000 for IFA secretary general Pat Smith, who left the organisation last year amid controversy over pay.
IFA has also revealed that the remuneration for its president, Joe Healy, is €120,000. He also has a company car.
Currently CEO of Horse Sport Ireland, and Macra na Feirme CEO from 2001 to 2007, Damian McDonald, aged 44, will take up the IFA job in the new year.
He worked for IFA from 1999 to 2001.
