Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 October 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Geographical Indications for Craft and Industrial Products: Discussion

9:30 am

Mr. Peter Hynes:

Maybe I will start on it. There are two aspects to it. There is the preservation of the heritage, particularly in Waterford. There is a particular urgency around that because of the trading history of the past 30 years. There is a real danger that a generations long asset is being lost. Our role in that is to support local producers. It is to support local partnerships in development the skills. We do not have a set formula for developing this centre of excellence but we know there is a huge opportunity there. We, as the national agency working in the space between the Department, Enterprise Ireland and local producers, will do what we can to bring the various strings together. We think there is a huge opportunity and the urgency is really important.

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