Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 October 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Farm Management IT Systems: Discussion

2:15 pm

Photo of Brian Ó DomhnaillBrian Ó Domhnaill (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the representatives from Teagasc and the ICBF for coming here and giving two excellent and informative presentations. The biggest challenge we face is to support what we have and try to build on the Food Harvest 2020 objectives.

While targets are important, the evaluation of those targets is equally important. The resource outlined is helpful from a farming point of view in evaluating the targets and ensuring we are in a position, as a country, to meet and surpass the targets. The presentation was excellent and leaves few questions to be asked. From the point of view of resources and meeting the Food Harvest 2020 target, I would like to clarify that some 35 employees are employed directly and 35 are employed indirectly in other parts of the country. Is that correct?

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