Dáil Éireann Debate, Friday - 7 September 2018
1008. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the tillage forum is due to next meet; and the number of meetings to date since the forum was established, in tabular form. [36934/18]
View answerThe following is the position regarding the number of Tillage Forum meetings held:
I have chaired two meetings of the Tillage Forum, the first was held on the 6 October 2016 and another Forum was held on the 16 February 2017 .
A further meeting of the Tillage Forum is not currently tabled however, I do wish to add that the stakeholders, including the farming organisations have continued to engage with me and my Department on a regular basis. One such meeting led to the Fodder Production Incentive Measure for Tillage Farmers whereby I provided €2.75 million in funding to support the tillage sector role in producing additional fodder for livestock farmers.
