Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 1 October 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food

Challenges Facing the Tillage Industry: Discussion

2:00 am

Photo of Natasha Newsome DrennanNatasha Newsome Drennan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It is stark to read that the Irish grain assurance scheme, IGAS, recently pointed out that one tillage farmer will be gone every week and we have 11,000 full-time equivalent jobs in the market. Is most of the 5 million tonnes of grain that is imported coming from Europe?

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