Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 8 October 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food
Social Farming: Discussion
2:00 am
Paul Lawless (Mayo, Aontú)
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The social farming network has 250 farmers. What are the blockages to increasing the number of social farmers from 250 farmers to 500? Is it the payment to the farmer or are there administrative issues in the system with training, etc? Where must additional money go to increase the number?