Specialist horticulture fuel support scheme worth €2m announced

Agriculture minister Martin Heydon said 'up to €2m is being made available for a fuel support scheme for growers producing tomatoes, cucumbers, mushrooms, strawberries and chillies, which are particularly impacted by the recent fuel cost increases'

The fuel support scheme for the specialist horticulture sector will open in early June.

A fuel support scheme amounting to €2m was announced for the specialist horticulture sector.

Agriculture minister Martin Heydon announced the scheme on Wednesday, when he chaired the 17th meeting of the Food Vision High-level Implementation Committee (HILC) and co-chaired his first meeting of the Horticulture Industry Forum (HIF).