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
Andrew 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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