Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 March 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Strategic Direction of Bord Bia: Discussion

Mr. Jim O'Toole:

Certainly. As the Deputy will be aware, the PGI application, when it was revised to include Northern Ireland, was submitted, if memory serves, in July of last year. It is under consideration by the European Commission. We have not yet had any indication as to when the process will conclude. We are certainly anxious for it to come to fruition and we are in contact with our parent Department frequently on that. There is no outcome of the scrutiny of that by the Commission, but we are confident that-----

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