Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 4 December 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Food Harvest 2020: Discussion with Irish Farm Managers Association

2:05 pm

Mr. John Fitzgerald:

On behalf of the Irish Farm Managers Association, I thank the joint committee for giving us the opportunity to present our case. We come with just one agenda. It is not a personal agenda but a desire to ensure the potential of the agriculture sector can be achieved. The Food Harvest 2020 targets can be achieved if certain things are put in place. Mr. Moyles will make the presentation. He is the former chief executive officer of the Farm Apprenticeship Board. Mr. Kevin Cummins is a Nuffield Scholar and farming in a partnership. Mr. Seamus Quigley is also a Nuffield Scholar and farming in a partnership. I am dairy farming in Cork.