Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 4 October 2018

Public Accounts Committee

Teagasc Financial Statements 2017

9:00 am

Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is in note 14 on page 106. I just do not understand how the two work together. This comes under investments. On investments, I understand what Deputy Burke said, namely, that Teagasc might have a conflict of interest with shareholding in the co-operatives. I refer to the figure of €438,000. It is not major. Teagasc can always sell its shares. Let us be clear: farmers can get shares. They are entitled to sell them if they want. What I found unusual in this is the question whether it showed a bias towards the dairy industry. I do not see any shares in meat processing. I know Teagasc says it got the shares just because it was-----

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