Richard O'Donoghue (Limerick County, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have one or two small questions. Regarding imported vegetables coming into this country, how much of an impact does that have on keeping people from becoming growers or on growers continuing to grow in this country? On waste, biodigestives can feed back into the energy market. What are the witnesses’ views on the biodigestives coming on stream at the moment? Three or four applications are coming in for biodigestion. What will their role be for food waste and the other waste in the farm sector?

Those are my two questions. I wish to see the existing growers grow and the next generation coming through. If it is the case that something happens in Europe, I do not want to see the food chain get cut off in Ireland and us having no food suppliers in this country and no longer being sustainable ourselves. From that point of view, how important is it to make sure our home growers keep growing? In addition, I asked about biodigestion.