Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 29 May 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Different Approaches and New Opportunities in Irish Agriculture: University College Dublin

3:00 pm

Ms Triona McCormack:

On Deputy Corcoran Kennedy's questions, we are not doing any work on vertical farming but it might be a possibility for the future. We appreciate the committee's engagement this afternoon. It was heartening for us to hear that the work we are doing is delivering value. This committee's support for this work is important. We are at a change point, and we need to take advantage of the change. Unless we have some of those works in train, and have answers ready to respond to the challenges we face, we will miss the opportunity. The committee's engagement on the topics and our work is welcome. I thank the committee.