These ‘Terms and Conditions’ are a binding agreement between the Irish Timber Growers Association (“ITGA”, “The Association”, “we”, “our”) and the Member (“Student member”, “Ordinary Member”, “Corporate Member”, “you”, “your”).
The Irish Timber Growers Association (ITGA) is a membership organisation and has been providing representation and information services to private woodland owners since 1977. Without the support of its membership, ITGA would be unable to provide its extensive information and representation services to private woodland owners.
By signing up to the Association and using our services (including but not limited to “information services”, “representation”, “website”, “ITGA Newsletter”, “newsletter”, “Forestry & Timber Yearbook”, “yearbook”, “roundwood prices”, “field days”), you are indicating that you have read our ‘Terms and Conditions’ and ‘Privacy Policy’ and understand and consent to be bound by the terms and conditions of the agreement. These ‘Terms and Conditions’ set out your rights and obligations with respect to your membership of the Association and the use of our services.
Irish Timber Growers Association is a company limited by guarantee (CLG).
In addition to membership contributions, ITGA receives some funding from the Forestry Division of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
Certain registration information will be collected during the signup process. This information will be used to provide you with our Services and to allow you access to the Members Only area of our Website. ITGA will treat all information with strictest confidence and the use of this registration information is governed by our ‘Privacy Policy’.
3.1. By signing up as a Member of the Association you agree to pay an annual subscription fee. You can pay your annual subscription Online by Credit/Debit Card through STRIPE or Offline by Credit Transfer or other means by agreement/ arrangement with ITGA.
If choosing to pay Offline by Credit Transfer, you will receive an email with the ITGA Bank account details. Please quote your name on any Credit Transfer payments.
After signing up as a Member of the Association you will be sent a link to your email address and you will be asked to verify your email address. Once verified you will receive a confirmation email with receipt for your membership subscription.
3.2. Renewal notices will be issued to members at the end of the subscription year. Renewal notices will be issued by email, unless otherwise agreed with the Association.
You can pay your renewal subscription Online by Credit/ Debit Card through STRIPE or Offline by Credit Transfer or other means by agreement/arrangement with ITGA.
If choosing to pay Offline by Credit Transfer, you will receive an email with the ITGA Bank account details. Please quote your name on any Credit Transfer payments.
3.3 A ‘Grace Period’ of 45 days will be given to members to pay their subscription renewal fee, after which time the membership will expire. Once expired, the membership can only be reinstated by contacting the ITGA Secretariat at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Reinstating an expired membership is at the discretion of the ITGA Secretariat and memberships will be reinstated following payment in full of the ITGA Membership subscription fee. During the ‘Grace Period’ ITGA may decide to withhold or postpone the circulation of certain Association publications.
3.4 By signing up as a Member of the Association you will receive periodical Association mailouts by post, including:
3.5 Through ITGA membership, Irish timber growers are represented on a range of Industry working groups and bodies and ITGA comments on draft sector guidelines and other important forestry documents, as outlined in the Representation section of our website. ITGA also regularly responds to calls for submissions on behalf of private timber growers on a range of industry topics, as outlined in our ITGA Submissions section of our website.
3.6 By signing up as a Member of the Association you will have access to the Members Only area of the website, where you will have access to:
The above information is for the use by Members only and may not be distributed or circulated in any form, see also sections 3.6.1, 3.6.2 and 3.6.3 below.
3.6.1 By signing up as a Member of the Association you agree that the content of the above Members Only information is subject to Association Membership and accordingly the information is solely intended for use by you, the member, and may not be copied, reproduced or circulated in all or any part.
3.6.2 Disclaimer Quarterly Averaged Private Roundwood Prices - Wood Price Quarterly (WPQ) information:
The quarterly averaged private roundwood prices, Wood Price Quarterly (WPQ) are intended for general guidance purposes only. These prices are averages derived from data received from a range of growers and potentially include all conifer species and harvest types. The averages marked * relate to average prices derived from a small number of sales data. It should be noted that roundwood prices will fluctuate over time and from location to location and no liability will be accepted by the Irish Timber Growers Association or UCD Forestry Section for the supply of the price data. All growers are advised to get independent advice in relation to roundwood sales. The quarterly averaged private roundwood prices (WPQ) provided on our website and in our newsletters and Forestry & Timber Yearbook may not be copied, reproduced, rebroadcast or circulated in all or any part.
3.6.3 Disclaimer Coillte Roundwood Prices
All Coillte Roundwood Prices provided on our website and in our newsletters and Forestry & Timber Yearbook are included by kind permission of Coillte. Coillte states that the figures quoted are for sales in the sawmill sector only and include all species and harvest types. The majority of prices quoted are for standing sales with retained pulpwood, i.e. there is no value for pulp included in these prices. Since the mix of species and harvest types can vary from quarter to quarter, this impacts on contracted prices in addition to the impact of other market factors. The figures for each category per quarter is the total quarterly contracted volume divided by the total value for that quarter in that category size. Coillte does not accept any responsibility for the uses to which its price data are put or any inconsistencies that may arise as a result. The Coillte roundwood prices provided on our website and provided in our newsletters and Forestry & Timber Yearbook may not be copied, reproduced, rebroadcast or circulated in all or any part.
3.7 By signing up as a Member of the Association you will be invited to attend Field Days and other Association events though notifications. At times ITGA may decide to use online event ticketing services through Eventbrite.
3.7.1 Members should be aware that some (group) photos will be taken during Field days and other Association events. Such group photographs will be taken from a reasonable distance and/ or from the side/back and may be used as a record of the event in our ITGA Newsletters and Yearbook and on the ITGA Facebook page and website. ITGA receives some funding from the Forestry Division of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM). Photographs taken at ITGA Field Days may be used in reports on field events to DAFM. By attending ITGA Field days and other Association events the Member agrees to the use of group photographs taken at Field days and other Association events for the purposes as outlined above, unless the member specifically requests at a particular event that such photos where they are recognisable should not be used in any way.
3.8 By signing up as a Member of the Association you will be circulated with reminder notices by email about Association events. Members who have opted in to receive notifications by email about Third Party forestry events will receive these notifications if/ when they become available. The decision to circulate any particular Third Party event to members, who have opted in to receive Third Party emails, will be at the discretion of ITGA. Members can opt out of receiving Third Party notifications at any time by emailing the ITGA Secretariat at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by amending this information online in their User Profile.
The ITGA website may contain links to other websites. These Third Party sites are not under the control of the Irish Timber Growers Association and ITGA is not responsible for the content on Third Party websites. ITGA provides these links as a convenience only.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall ITGA and/or any content owner, or third party licensor, or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, contractors, subsidiaries or affiliated companies be liable for any direct or indirect, special, incidental, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages or loss of any kind arising from the use of our services, website or from content, materials, information included on our website or in our publications or otherwise made available to you through our information services. Any information provided/received through our website and information services is for general information purposes only.
All website content and information in our publications has been prepared and made available solely for informational purposes and while every effort has been made in developing and drafting this content and information to ensure its accuracy, the Irish Timber Growers Association make no representation or warranty, express or implied, with respect to the completeness, accuracy or utility of the information provided.
Any use or reliance on the website content or information services is employed at the sole risk of the user, and the Irish Timber Growers Association or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, contractors, subsidiaries or affiliated companies shall not be liable or responsible in regard to any defects or omissions in the information provided and will bear no liability for any losses, damages, costs or expenses suffered by any person or entity as a result of any reliance on this information.
The Irish Timber Growers Association advise all potential users of our website and information services of the necessity to take independent professional forestry, financial, insurance legal or other advice to address their specific requirements.
As stated in the section 3.6 and sub-sections 3.6.1, 3.6.2 and 3.6.3 above, the information in the members only area of our website is for use by the members only and may not be copied, reproduced or circulated in all or any part.
ITGA reserves the right to modify these terms and conditions and notices under which the website and Association services are offered, including but not limited to the charges associated with ITGA membership.
Last updated September 2019