Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 April 2024
103. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of participants under the tillage capital investment scheme; the total area of land; and the average farm size of those partaking. [16913/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraA total of 889 applications were received from 770 farmers under the first two tranches of the Tillage Capital Investment Scheme, which opened in May last year. These applicants had a total land area of 93,617 hectares, with an average farm size of 122 hectares.
It should be noted that applicants are permitted to submit multiple applications under the scheme. For example, a tillage farmer could submit an application for a grain store and an application for minimum disturbance tillage equipment.
A further 216 applications were received in the third tranche of the scheme, which closed on 12 April 2024. The precise number of hectares covered by these applications will be available once an assessment of the applications is carried out.
