Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have a tangential question for Teagasc, in particular. Its representatives were invited in on a different pretext so are entitled not to answer it, but it concerns the debate this week on the ongoing emergency with regard to food production, potential food shortages, input costs and all of that. Teagasc will have a critical role in advising Government, farmers and all of us on meeting those challenges. There has been a question about the capacity to increase grain and other feed production, in particular. Are the witnesses free to comment on our capacity and ability to meet the challenge in the short period available around feed stocks, particularly grain? How do we do that in the context of shortages and substantial cost increases regarding fertiliser, as well as fuel costs and all that is encompassed in those dual crises?