Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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I thank the Minister of State for being here and for engaging with us. This is one of the unique areas where there is political unanimity and every success on the Minister of State's part will be one we will all celebrate because it will result in lives being saved. Therefore, we wish him well in his endeavours. I also welcome a dedicated budget line being allocated to farm safety for the first time. Has the Minister of State received commitments that this €2 million budget line will consist of entirely new funding and that it will not be replacing funds for other farm safety measures included in previous budget lines? Does the Minister of State have a sense of how much of that €2 million will be direct expenditure by the Department or how much will be allocated in grants to organisations?