The National Biodiversity Data Centre is delighted to have received funding to deliver the next phase of the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan 2026-2030. Implementation of the AIPP is coordinated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre, and will be supported through funding from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, National Parks and Wildlife Service, the Government of Ireland’s Shared Island Fund, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency. Funding includes €1.8 million from the Government of Ireland’s Shared Island Fund.
This funding will enable delivery of a 10-module island-wide programme over five years on: Protecting Farmland Pollinators; Creating Buzzing Communities; Local Authority and Public Body engagement; Transport Authority and Public Utilities engagement; Business and Industry engagement; Rare and Threatened Pollinator species; Monitoring; Research; Mapping; and Communications.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin said: “To protect the island’s unique biodiversity, the Government has made a Shared Island funding contribution to expand the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan for farmers, schools, businesses and public bodies to work together across the island to protect pollinators and thriving ecosystems.”
The National Biodiversity Data Centre is very grateful for this funding as it will allow the Pollinator Plan to build on the success of previous phases. The next Plan can have a bigger and more ambitious vision for transforming the landscape across the island of Ireland for pollinating insects. Now that funding has been secured, a new AIPP for 2026-2030 will be agreed with partner organisations. It will be published in Spring 2026.
