Organisation: ERS

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Retirees were left with total debts of more than €2.5m
ABOUT 1,000 pensioners were left with debts totalling more than €2.5m in 2001, when the Department of Agriculture and Food discovered that they had received double pension payments, from both the Early Retirement Scheme (ERS) for farmers and from the Department of Social Welfare.

Thu, 23 Feb, 2006

Retirement scheme ‘must be flexible’

A new European Union early retirement scheme (ERS) must be more flexible and more attractive for farmers.

Thu, 16 Feb, 2006

Cameron set to be named new Tory leader

David Cameron was poised to take the Tory crown today, becoming the party’s fourth leader since 1997.

Tue, 06 Dec, 2005

Calls to revamp ERS scheme
NEW ways to encourage the transfer of land to young farmers rather than abandoning the Early Retirement Scheme (ERS) were sought at the national ploughing championships yesterday.

Fri, 30 Sep, 2005

Retirement scheme fails farmers

THE principal aims of the National Association of ERS (Early Retirement Scheme) farmers are:

Wed, 20 Apr, 2005

Farm early retirement pension is inadequate

FARMERS who intend to participate in the early retirement scheme (ERS) should join the Retired Farmers for Justice group.

Wed, 14 Jul, 2004

Ireland wheezing at bottom of lung health league

Ireland is at the bottom of the European league table for lung health, a report revealed today.

Tue, 27 Apr, 2004

More power to retired farmers’ representative

IT WOULD now seem that farmers in the early retirement scheme have obtained some degree of justice under the mid-term review of CAP (Irish Examiner, April 7).

Thu, 15 Apr, 2004

Broad welcome for changes to ERS
The IFA and ICMSA have welcomed concessions secured under the rules for the single farm payment in relation to the Early Retirement Scheme (ERS).

Wed, 07 Apr, 2004

Retirement rules ‘should be relaxed’
Ireland: The rules relating to the Early Retirement Scheme (ERS) need to be relaxed further to allow participants to work on a voluntary basis on their home farm, the ICMSA suggested yesterday.

Wed, 25 Feb, 2004

Early Retirement Scheme ’must be index-linked’
INDEX-LINKING the Early Retirement Scheme is the next aim of a farm leader from West Limerick, for whom looking after the interests of his retired colleagues has become a labour of love.

Thu, 12 Feb, 2004

Farm Retirement Group claim “great progress”
RETIRED farmers have welcomed a European Parliament ruling that their complaint of unfair treatment in the Mid Term Review of the Common Agricultural Policy is admissible.

Thu, 12 Feb, 2004

Missing animals but not the work
AS 65 approaches, some can’t wait to get away from their jobs, but for others. the break can be difficult to accept.

Thu, 12 Feb, 2004

Farmers ‘can reap benefits from early retirement’
RURAL and urban communities have a lot to gain from the vast knowledge and expertise of farmers in early retirement, according to a report published yesterday.

Tue, 20 Jan, 2004

“Double” farm pensioners billed by Department for overpayments
THE Department of Agriculture and Food is clawing back over-payments from 968 participants in the Early Retirement Scheme (ERS).

Thu, 09 Oct, 2003

Farmers must be protected in CAP talks
The Fischler proposals for Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform present huge problems for farmers in the Early Retirement Scheme or those thinking of joining it over the next few years, says the IFA.

Tue, 15 Apr, 2003

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