AQW 52645/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Health
To ask the Minister of Health whether any assessment has been made of the impact of rising fuel costs on the ability of (i) district nurses; and (ii) domiciliary care workers, to use their own vehicles to travel between patients.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 22 September 2026
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 22 September 2026
- Answer due by
- 7 October 2026
- Answered
- 30 September 20268 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The amount of funding that DAERA has allocated in letters of offer (LoO) to farm capital investment support schemes, in each of the last five complete calendar years, is detailed in the following table.
| Farm Business Improvement Scheme - Capital - Tier 1 | Farm Business Improvement Scheme - Capital - Tier 2 | European Innovation Partnership (EIP) Operational Groups - Capital | ||
| Year | Grant Awarded in LoO | Grant Awarded in LoO | Grant Awarded in LoO | Total |
| 2021 | £16,766,605 | £172,851 | £75,576 | £17,015,032 |
| 2022 | £0 | £851,423 | £0 | £851,423 |
| 2023 | £11,462,764 | £17,236,269 | £0 | £28,699,033 |
| 2024 | £0 | £312,115 | £0 | £312,115 |
| 2025 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £28,229,369 | £18,572,658 | £75,576 | £46,877,603 |