Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 1 July 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Business Growth and Job Creation in Town and Village Centres: (Resumed) ISME and New Generation Development

4:30 pm

Mr. John Moran:

I have the notion that we would absorb or be absorbed by Leader. There should not be a conflict. We are just working on a different end of the market. We do not foresee a conflict with local enterprise offices, LEOs, although it is possible. For example, there is a philosophy that we should support high-potential start-ups, HPSUs, for export. I am not au fait with that area. There is a woman - I will not tell the committee where she is - who makes the same brown soda bread that the Deputy or I would make. She puts it into a van twice per week and sends it to Manchester. She is not a HPSU, but she employs two or three people. If one is making widgets, one might not be a HPSU, but they might still sell in the UK. If so, why can we not get a van for such a person? Strictly speaking, we should be seeking opportunities in every sector, not just certain categories.

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