Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 18 October 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed)
Ms Louise Byrne:
Again, the fruit producers are eligible for support under the scheme of investment aid for the commercial horticulture sector. That has a budget of €10 million this year and we are hoping to open the 2024 scheme. We got a budget of €10 million for 2024 and we will open that scheme in the very near future. Regarding the agriculture reserves, the apple sectors are covered in the horticulture crisis fund this year so they will get support because they were deemed at risk.