Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 2 November 2021
1176. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding allocated for farm adviser continuous professional development training on dedicated topics, one of which is farm safety, listed under subhead C.11.10 in the Revised Estimates for 2021, allocated in budget 2022; if this funding will appear under the dedicated heading for farm safety in the Estimates for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52404/21]
View answerThe definitive budgetary allocations across the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine will be set out in the 2022 Revised Estimates Volume (REV) which will be published later this year. It is important to point out that, at a technical level, this REV does not include a dedicated heading for farm safety.
In line with announcements on budget day, I wish to confirm that an additional €2 million has been earmarked for farm safety expenditure in 2022.
The funding for farm adviser continuous professional development training on dedicated topics including farm safety, is expected to remain under the current subhead and is additional funding to the dedicated farm safety budget.
