Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

As Senator Daly has said, if there is not a drive from the Department to change this, it appears dismissive of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. It is leaving it with the Department of Health and plodding along with what has happened over the past couple of years. Unless there is a drive from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine itself to change this, there would be no confidence that a farmer would decide to double or treble his crop. Until there is a change on the departmental end, we will be having the same conversations over and over. It will not be classed as anything other than a niche crop grown on a small scale. The potential is there to expand the industry big time if the Department gives confidence to others.