Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 21 September 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Common Agricultural Policy: Women in Agriculture Stakeholders Group

Ms Vanessa Kiely O'Connor:

-----because I have been proactive in agriculture, but that option is not available to every woman. Every woman has a different story to tell.

I worked on farms where a husband and wife were my master farmers. A family could be reared on a farm with both partners living on it. Given current prices and profits, one person may now have to work off the farm. That-----