Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The more information the public has, the better its understanding of the industry. That is all I would say. I also suspect that in the context of the €9.7 billion that comes into Ireland in foodstuffs, the primary producers in some of the exporting countries got very little of final price that we paid for their produce. It cuts both ways but this committee has to look out for Irish citizens.

Grants for the organic sector dropped from €45 million in 2017 to €35 million. A drop of €10 million in grants to the organic sector is recorded on page 16 of the appropriation accounts.