Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 14 May 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Food Democracy: Trócaire

Ms Olive Moore:

We recognise that there are many complexities and that there is no single solution or answer. Often, we welcome the fact that many of the solutions being proposed are being debated and discussed. We are examining options and weighing up the implications. Trócaire's concern, first and foremost, is with small-scale farmers in the developing communities and in the countries where we are working and the impact on them. This is what we wanted to speak about here today, but we very much welcome an ongoing debate and discussion on understanding the agro-ecological solutions we need and their impacts in the communities and countries in which we work and here in Ireland.