Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 6 November 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Impact of Brexit on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Discussion

3:30 pm

Mr. Paul Savage:

Senator Michelle Mulherin said she came in when I was answering on Food Wise 2025 and Mercosur. I will not necessarily go back over those unless there was a specific question. On Food Wise 2025, the point I was making was that it is not a case of throwing out the baby with the bath water. Brexit is obviously a great challenge for the sector but we are still intent on applying the principles in Food Wise 2025 to the development and growth of the sector. We still talking about applying the principles we talked about in terms of innovation, competitiveness and human capital and about underpinning these with sustainability. Our focus will be on the actions necessary to deal with Brexit. We are not talking about having a new strategy but just tailoring-----

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