Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 27 June 2024
224. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of registered herd owners on the three Aran islands off the coast of Galway; the number of these that are participating in ACRES; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27747/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraApplications were received under the Basic Income Support for Sustainability Scheme for the Scheme year 2023 from 204 herd numbers in respect of land parcels on at least one of the three Aran Islands. An analysis of this data indicates that 192 of these herd numbers were approved into the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES).
