Connacht IFA Regional Chairman, Tom Turley, has this week vowed that ‘clarity and transparency’ will be brought to the table when the association’s National Council meet in Dublin on December 15 next.
He told the Connacht Tribune that while there was ‘widespread anger, frustration and hurt’ on the pay levels at the top of the organisation, he was now confident that ‘they would get to the bottom of what went on’ at their meeting on Tuesday week.
“There was a lack of clarity, a lack of transparency, a lack of information and a lack of trust over this pay controversy but on December 15, I expect serious progress to be made on those issues,” Tom Turley told the Connacht Tribune.
He said that the IFA members had a very strong faith and trust in the former Chief Economist of the Association, Con Lucey, who now had been given a very clear brief to review issues of corporate governance and related matters including remuneration.
Mr Turley said that while it had been the most difficult and trying period that he had ever experienced in the IFA, he had been encouraged over the past week by the support of ordinary members on the ground.
“What I have seen emerge is an understanding on the ground through these very difficult times, that voluntary office holders in IFA are not the ones to blame for this terrible mess that we’re now in,” he said.
He said that ordinary members of the IFA could make submissions in strictest confidence to: conluceyreview@ifa.ie by next Monday, December 7.
“The Executive Council of the IFA has also made it quite clear that any professional assistance that Con Lucey requires will be provided to him, including a forensic audit expert.
“I expect that we will be in a position following our December 15 Council meeting to be able to issue a clear and transparent statement on the whole pay issue in the IFA,” said Tom Turley.
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