Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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150. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of funding allocated to the wool council since its establishment on 5 April 2023; if all of the €30,000 allocated in seed funding to the Council has now been drawn down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13800/25]

Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael)
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The independent Irish Grown Wool Council was established in April 2023 following recommendations from the Wool Feasibility study. To support its establishment, my Department committed financial assistance of €30,000 in seed funding. My Department does not have a seat on the Council, nor does the Council report to me.

To date, €25,910 of the allocated seed funding has been drawn down.