Martin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Is there an issue as to where it will end up if it keeps getting smaller? Will we run into a problem? We were in Paris this year and the person we met from the department of agriculture the whiskey market in France is huge, with the French drinking more spirits per head of population than anyone else in the world. They mainly drink Scotch but there is a huge opportunity for Irish whiskey and other beverages, as there is in many other places around the world. To do it properly we need to ensure the raw materials are grown in Ireland and that we do not import malt and barley. Can the witnesses expand on the opportunities that there may be? What is preventing those opportunities being realised?