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Tuesday, 3 March 2026

Questions (698)

Albert Dolan

Question:

698. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to list all schemes, funding programmes, capital funds, grant streams or other expenditure headings administered by his Department in 2025 and 2026 which result in allocations, awards, or spending that can be identified with a specific geographical location including county, district, town, or project site, to group these by funding stream or programme heading; to indicate, for each scheme, whether details of allocations or awards are published online; and if so, where such information may be accessed. [16543/26]

Written answers

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

The information requested by the Deputy is currently being collated and will be forwarded to the Deputy when it is available.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Orders.

I wish to inform the Deputy that a list of all schemes, funding programmes, capital funds, grant streams or other expenditure headings administered by my Department in 2025 and 2026 which result in allocations, awards, or spending that can be identified with a specific geographical location, is set out in the attached table.

2025

Name of Scheme/Funding Programme/ Capital Fund/Grant Stream or other Expenditure	Published Yes/No	Web address
RIDF Agri-Food Tourism 2025	Yes	Minister Heydon and Minister Grealish announce €300,000 funding for Agri-Food Tourism projects www.gov.ie/en/department-of-agriculture-food-and-the-marine/press-releases/minister-heydon-and-minister-grealish-announce-300000-funding-for-agri-food-tourism-projects/
RIDF Social Farming Model Projects	Yes	Minister Heydon announces continued support for social farming under the Rural Innovation and Development Fund (RIDF) in 2025 www.gov.ie/en/department-of-agriculture-food-and-the-marine/press-releases/minister-heydon-announces-continued-support-for-social-farming-under-the-rural-innovation-and-development-fund-ridf-in-2025/
CAP Pillar 1 and 2 Schemes	Yes	www.gov.ie/en/department-of-agriculture-food-and-the-marine/press-releases/minister-heydon-notes-the-significant-payment-amounts-issued-in-2025-by-the-department-of-agriculture-food-and-the-marine/
New Equine Traceability Scheme Grant – Galway	No
New Equine Traceability Scheme Grant – Kildare	No
New Equine Traceability Scheme Grant - Clare	No
New Equine Traceability Scheme Grant - Louth	No
Animal Welfare Grants Programme	Yes	www.gov.ie/en/department-of-agriculture-food-and-the-marine/press-releases/minister-heydon-announces-an-increased-allocation-of-64m-in-grants-to-94-animal-welfare-charities/
European Innovation Partnership (EIP) under the CSP Call 4– Generational Renewal and Call 5 – Digital Technologies in Farming for European Innovation Partnership Projects	Yes	Minister Heydon awards €2.85 million to 5 successful EIP projects under the themes of Generational Renewal and Digital Technology www.gov.ie/en/department-of-agriculture-food-and-the-marine/press-releases/minister-heydon-awards-285-million-to-5-successful-eip-projects-under-the-themes-of-generational-renewal-and-digital-technology/
European Innovation Partnership (EIP) under the CSP Call 6 – Environmental Sustainability in Farming for European Innovation Partnerships	Yes	€17.8 million awarded to new European Innovation Partnership projects on the theme of environmental sustainability www.gov.ie/en/department-of-agriculture-food-and-the-marine/press-releases/178-million-awarded-to-new-european-innovation-partnership-projects-on-the-theme-of-environmental-sustainability/
European Innovation Partnership (EIP) under the CSP Call 7 – Enhancing habitats for Nature on arable coast	Yes	€7 million awarded to a new European Innovation Partnership project on the theme of enhancing habitats for nature on coastal arable farmland https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-agriculture-food-and-the-marine/press-releases/7-million-awarded-to-a-new-european-innovation-partnership-project-on-the-theme-of-enhancing-habitats-for-nature-on-coastal-arable-farmland/
Call for Promotion	Yes	www.gov.ie/en/department-of-agriculture-food-and-the-marine/press-releases/minister-heydon-announces-three-year-funding-of-almost-3-million-for-ten-projects-to-promote-the-organic-sector/
Short Supply Chain Funding	Yes	www.gov.ie/en/department-of-agriculture-food-and-the-marine/press-releases/minister-hackett-announces-successful-applicants-for-short-supply-chains-funding/
Local Authority Marine Infrastructure Scheme 2025	Yes	Allocation Announcement www.gov.ie/en/department-of-agriculture-food-and-the-marine/press-releases/minister-of-state-dooley-announces-allocation-of-433-million-for-57-local-authority-marine-infrastructure-projects/

2026 to date

Name of Scheme/Funding Programme/ Capital Fund/Grant Stream or other Expenditure	Published Yes/No	Web address
New Equine Traceability Scheme Grant- Kilkenny	No
New Equine Traceability Scheme Grant - Kildare	No
Call for Promotion	Yes	www.gov.ie/en/department-of-agriculture-food-and-the-marine/press-releases/minister-heydon-announces-three-year-funding-of-almost-3-million-for-ten-projects-to-promote-the-organic-sector/
Short Supply Chain Funding	Yes	www.gov.ie/en/department-of-agriculture-food-and-the-marine/press-releases/minister-hackett-announces-successful-applicants-for-short-supply-chains-funding/

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