The National Farm Safety Measure has been reopened for 2025.
Minister of State with special responsibility Farm Safety Michael Healy-Rae TD made the announcement, during Farm Safety Week, with the measure being funded from the National Exchequer.
It will provide grant aid covering 60% of the eligible cost of up to four power take off (PTO) shaft covers. Since 2015, farm vehicles and machinery accounted for almost half of all fatalities on farms with entanglement in PTO shafts having resulted in fatalities and life-changing injuries on Irish farms.
Minister Healy-Rae said that properly fitted and well-maintained PTO-shaft covers are essential when it comes to protecting everyone on farms from the risk of a serious or fatal injury.
“I am reopening the National Farm Safety Measure to encourage farmers to replace PTO shaft covers that are defective or missing,” he said.
Eligibility
The Farm Safety Measure will be open until Friday 7 November 2025 and farmers can apply on the Agfood website.
Grant aid under the measure is at a rate of 60% subject to a maximum eligible cost of €100 per PTO shaft cover, for up to for four PTO shaft covers. Farmers who applied for grant aid under the National Farm Safety Measure in 2023 or 2024 are also eligible for this measure.
“The greatest investment that farmers can make regarding farm safety is time; time to identify the hazards on the farm and time to put corrective actions in place,” added Minister Healy-Rae.
“I am encouraging farmers to take out their Farm Safety Code of Practice risk assessment, use it to identify and review the hazards around the farm such as inadequately protected PTO-shaft covers and to then put the necessary steps in place to minimise or eliminate the risks. When it comes to farm safety, complacency or inaction can be unforgiving.”
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The National Farm Safety Measure has been reopened for 2025.
Minister of State with special responsibility Farm Safety Michael Healy-Rae TD made the announcement, during Farm Safety Week, with the measure being funded from the National Exchequer.
It will provide grant aid covering 60% of the eligible cost of up to four power take off (PTO) shaft covers. Since 2015, farm vehicles and machinery accounted for almost half of all fatalities on farms with entanglement in PTO shafts having resulted in fatalities and life-changing injuries on Irish farms.
Minister Healy-Rae said that properly fitted and well-maintained PTO-shaft covers are essential when it comes to protecting everyone on farms from the risk of a serious or fatal injury.
“I am reopening the National Farm Safety Measure to encourage farmers to replace PTO shaft covers that are defective or missing,” he said.
Eligibility
The Farm Safety Measure will be open until Friday 7 November 2025 and farmers can apply on the Agfood website.
Grant aid under the measure is at a rate of 60% subject to a maximum eligible cost of €100 per PTO shaft cover, for up to for four PTO shaft covers. Farmers who applied for grant aid under the National Farm Safety Measure in 2023 or 2024 are also eligible for this measure.
“The greatest investment that farmers can make regarding farm safety is time; time to identify the hazards on the farm and time to put corrective actions in place,” added Minister Healy-Rae.
“I am encouraging farmers to take out their Farm Safety Code of Practice risk assessment, use it to identify and review the hazards around the farm such as inadequately protected PTO-shaft covers and to then put the necessary steps in place to minimise or eliminate the risks. When it comes to farm safety, complacency or inaction can be unforgiving.”
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