EU Funding

Thursday, 16 October 2025

Questions (313)

Pearse Doherty

Question:

313. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the EU funding opportunities that will be open for application for schemes under his Department and at agencies under his aegis in the next six months and in the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56442/25]

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Written answers

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

The information requested by the Deputy is being collated by my Department and a response will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Orders.

I wish to inform the Deputy that the information requested, in relation to the EU funding opportunities that will be open for application for schemes under my Department, in the next six months and in the next 12 months, is set out in the attached table.

As regards the 13 State Bodies under the aegis of the Department, the information requested is an operational matter for the State Bodies themselves. I have referred the Deputy’s question to the agencies and have requested that a response should issue within 10 days.

EU funding opportunities open to applications in the next six months

Name of Scheme

Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS)

Complimentary Redistributive Income Support for Sustainability (CRISS)

Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC)

Protein Aid Scheme

Straw Incorporation Measure (SIM)

Complementary Income Support for Young Farmers (CISYF)

National Reserve (NR)

Eco-scheme

Sheep Improvement Scheme (SIS)

CSP Dairy Beef Scheme

Succession Planning Advice Grant (SPAG)

Early-Stage Support for Producer Organisations Scheme (ESSPO)

Organic Farming Scheme

ACRES Training Scheme

Landscape Actions element of Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) Co-operation approach

EU funding opportunities open to applications in the next seven to twelve months

Name of Scheme

The Scheme of EU aid for producer organisations in the fruit and vegetables sector under the CAP Strategic Plan 2023 to 2027

Collaborative Farming Grant (CFG)

Early-Stage Support for Producer Organisations Scheme (ESSPO)

ACRES Training Scheme

Non-Productive Investments element of Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) Co-operation approach