Minister Healy-Rae announces a competitive public procurement procedure seeking tenders for the Provision of Children’s and Young Person’s Farm Safety Awareness Initiatives
- Published on: 20 June 2025
- Last updated on: 24 June 2025
Minister of State for Forestry, Farm Safety and Horticulture, Michael Healy-Rae, is seeking proposals for projects which promote children’s and young person’s safety awareness on farms for the next five years.
Minister Healy-Rae said:
“The department is providing funding of €200,000 from its dedicated farm safety budget for 2025, with an option to extend the contract for a further four years. This tender will support initiatives that have the potential to make a real impact on farm safety and reduce the number of fatal and serious non-fatal incidents involving children and young people on Irish farms.”
Announcing the competitive public procurement procedure and request for tenders, Minister Healy-Rae said:
“This request for tenders will support initiatives that promote a lifelong culture of farm safety from a young age. The successful initiatives will make an important contribution to changing attitudes to safety on Irish farms, not only by increasing farm safety awareness among children and young people, but also by encouraging conversations about farm safety among all generations in farming families.”
Over the past ten years, 12 people under 18 years of age have died on Irish farms, accounting for almost 7% of all fatalities on farms. Children and young people are particularly vulnerable on farms as the workplace surrounds the family home.
For further information on farm safety visit: www.gov.ie/farmsafety.
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Successful initiatives will help address children’s and young person’s safety on Irish farms by assisting teachers in educating their students about the potential dangers associated with farming and agriculture, and by promoting awareness of children’s and young person’s safety on farms at shows and events.
The initiatives must be delivered by November 2025.
The tender has been posted on the eTenders website (Reference 5887881) with a closing date of 2pm, Monday 14 July 2025.