Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We will keep working on this. Under the suite of TAMS measures, grant aid has been provided for a wide range of farm safety-related investments, with health and safety guidelines included in all building specifications. This is an important step in supported on-farm investments. With the Minister of State, Deputy Heydon, I will be increasing the rate of grant aid for farm safety-related investments to 60% under the capital investment scheme in 2023, subject to European Commission approval. Dedicated funding has been increased to €2.5 million in next year's budget, which will allow existing initiatives to continue and new ones to be developed to build on our efforts to improve farm safety, health and well-being.

We can and are doing more on this front. The number of deaths and injuries on farms is too high and we need to continue taking steps to ensure that incident levels are reduced. Farming is the greatest and most rewarding profession in the country, so we must do everything we can to ensure that the farm is a safe place to work.

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