Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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1329. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding is available for a specific project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39067/23]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Unfortunately no funding is currently available for this project.

In July 2023, my Department announced a public call for proposals to promote organic production. The purpose of the call was to encourage innovative proposals which would highlight the benefits of organic production in Ireland and as such funding would be allocated to projects to promote and outline the benefits of the Organic food and drink sector.

The call for the period 2023-2024 was open for applications from 6 July 2023 to 4 August 2023. There was a significant level of interest and a high number of high quality applications were received.

Should a similar call take place in the future the project described would be eligible to apply as long as its aim was to promote organic production.