Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 24 October 2019

Public Accounts Committee

2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 10 - Forestry Grants

9:00 am

Mr. Brendan Gleeson:

We have an obligation to develop the entire sector, which is a massive entity accounting for 178,000 jobs. I do not have to go through the statistics because the members know them. There are significant supports for the organic sector within our Vote. I think they amount to €10 million or €11 million. We are working hard to register people and give them funding for capital assistance. We are working hard on that.

I do not believe Origin Green is consumer-branded. The Bord Bia quality assurance brand is visible in shops. This relates to the origin and quality standards of the product. I can understand-----

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