Minister Heydon and Minister Michael Healy-Rae announce funding of €1.68 million for farm safety, health and wellbeing projects
- Published on: 2 July 2025
- Last updated on: 3 July 2025
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon, and Minister of State with special responsibility for Forestry, Farm Safety and Horticulture, Michael Healy-Rae, today announced the results of the open call for proposals for farm safety, health and wellbeing projects. The successful projects were selected following an open call for proposals earlier this year.
Minister Heydon said:
"There was an excellent response to the call, with 40 projects selected for funding of €1.68 million. I am confident that these projects will make an important contribution to promoting farmer safety, health and wellbeing not only among farmers, farming families, farm workers and agricultural contractors who engage directly with the projects.”
Speaking at Teagasc Moorepark Dairy Open Day today, Minister Healy-Rae said:
“I am pleased with the broad range of approaches the projects employ to support farmers, farming families, farm workers and agricultural contractors, and in particular the positive response to the call for the provision of health and wellbeing checks, tractor driving awareness training for children over 14 years of age and chainsaw training. The projects also highlight to the wider farming community how the challenges around farm safety, health and wellbeing that they face can be tackled."
The projects are being funded from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s dedicated farm safety budget. Successful projects under the call cover one or more of the following themes: farm safety, farmers’ physical health, farmers’ mental health and wellbeing, farmers’ physical and mental health checks, tractor driving awareness training for children 14 years of age and older, chainsaw training for farmers and farm safety, health and wellbeing events/engagement.
Minister Healy-Rae added:
“The success of the initiatives in helping to improve farm safety, health and wellbeing will depend on all those in the farming community getting involved with the projects. I urge everyone involved in farming to avail of the opportunities that these projects have to offer.”
Notes
Details of the successful projects approved for funding under the Call are set out in the table below.
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Applicant |
Project Title |
€ Funding |
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