Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 July 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht

Licensing and Harvesting of Seaweed in Ireland: Discussion

4:30 pm

Mr. Jean-Paul Deveau:

In the case of Brandon Products and Bio Atlantis, for example, we have presented them with written contracts and we have negotiated with them. The agreement is in negotiation and I expect we will find an agreed path that will cover a certain period of time. We purchased the company eight weeks ago, but the supply to these customers has remained exactly as it was and we have ensured this supply retains the priority it had for Arramara Teoranta and that the product quality, availability of supply and pricing are identical. We want to assure everybody we are here as a responsible player to work with the Irish seaweed industry and to do our part to foster this kind of cluster in the industry.