Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 18 June 2025
Select Committee on Agriculture and Food
Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Further Revised)
2:00 am
Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
For the tillage sector, I paid out €32 million earlier this year. There was only €30 million allocated for that. The straw incorporation measure has been greatly oversubscribed and there were more than €15 million of applications for that. I have announced that I will fully support that, even though there was only €10 million allocated for it. I want to support our tillage sector. It is under significant pressure and it has had a very difficult year. We will also see €10 million paid out under the protein aid scheme. There is very significant support for our tillage sector in the-----
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