Ciarán Cannon
Ceist:173. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the initiatives that are being funded in 2022 through the allocation of €2 million for farm safety in Budget 2022. [7045/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraThursday, 10 February 2022
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Freagraí scríofa
As the Deputy may be aware, in order to highlight the importance of farm safety, the Government assigned my ministerial colleague, Martin Heydon, TD specific responsibility for Farm Safety as part of his ministerial portfolio.
My Department currently has a range of measures in place to incentivise and promote farm safety including capital support under the TAMS scheme for safety measures on farm, supported by safety training and media campaigns.
In addition, my Department is supporting the AgriAware Farm Safe Schools initiative for 2022 which aims to Engage, Educate and Empower children to be farm safety ambassadors. This initiative was launched on the 6th January 2022. To date 400 schools have signed up to participate in 2022.
Further proposals for the dedicated farm safety budget of €2 million for 2022 are in the process of being finalised and will be announced in due course.