Professor Gerry Boyle:

The other site in Dublin is the Ashtown site in Castleknock. There are about 12 ha there. That is chock-a-block with activity at the moment because we moved all of our activity down the motorway from Kinsealy to Ashtown. It is a hive of activity. It has absolutely top-priority programmes. Three different types of activity are going on there. It is the location for our meat centre. All the meat research that Teagasc does is located in Ashtown. We work very closely with the Grange production research facility on beef. It is also the centre for our horticulture activity. We recently invested in state-of-the-art glasshouses. We also use the site for our education programmes, as an adjunct to our horticulture education facility at the National Botanic Gardens. It is also the location of Meat Technology Ireland. In the last year, with pressures from Brexit and support from the Department and the Minister, we have substantially invested in facilities and equipment for the prepared consumer food sector. This is very much programme priority and every inch of space is absolutely dedicated to top-priority research programmes.