Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 8 October 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Organic Farming Scheme: Organic Farmers Representative Body

10:00 am

Photo of Andrew DoyleAndrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This is a point we need to raise with the Department. Bord Bia appoints qualified field officers to conduct inspections. These officers operate off a checklist and the farmer is sent a reminder "to do" list. It is not inconceivable that these inspectors could add an additional checklist to cover organic farmers also.

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