The Team: Farm Family CPD

Farm Family CPD Steering Committee

Pat Griffin

Senior Inspector with the Health and Safety Authority
HSA

H.S.A. lead for Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing for both policy and enforcement activities.

Dr John McNamara

Senior Specialist Advisor in Occupational Safety and Health
Teagasc

Teagasc – Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority .
Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Agriculture and Food Science, UCD.
Teagasc Head of Knowledge Transfer ( Advisory and Farmer Training) programme for occupational safety and health in Agriculture.

Bryan Daniels

Dairy Farmer, South Kilkenny

We, Bryan and Gail Daniels, with our 3 young children, live and work on our family farm near the village of Kilmoganny in Kilkenny. It is a spring calving dairy farm, milking 275 cows and replacement heifers. My parents are retired but maintain a great interest in all that is happening on the farm.

Ciaran Roche

Commercial Underwriting Operations and Risk Manager
FBD Insurance

FBD have work been the driving force behind many very significant farm safety campaigns and initiatives.

Alice Doyle

Farmer and Chair Farm Family & Social Affairs Committee, Irish Farmers Association
IFA

IFA is Ireland’s largest farming representative organisation representing Irish farmers at home and in Europe, lobbying and campaigning for improved conditions and incomes for farm families.

Claire McGlynn

Social Affairs Executive Irish Farmers Association
IFA

The IFA is Ireland’s largest farming representative organisation representing Irish farmers at home and in Europe, lobbying and campaigning for improved conditions and incomes for farm families.

Jim Dockery

National Health & Safety Manager
FRS Network

FRS Network is a co-operative organisation serving Irish agriculture, established in 1980 for the provision of skilled people to meet customer requirements. Through growth and diversification FRS have expanded into five distinct divisions intrinsically linked through the supply of expertly skilled people: farm services, fencing, recruitment, herdwatch and training, with a network of 20 offices nationwide and 20,000 customers.

Bernadette O’Connor

Project Coordinator
Farm Family CPD

FRS Training is an established and growing centre for learning and education. It is a validated QQI, City and Guilds and Lantra centre, providing certified training across a wide range of sectors. Having helped over 100,000 learners since establishment, FRS Training is focused on increasing learners’ knowledge and skills for personal and professional development.