Ms Chris Allen:

In 2023, we will have the reform of the CAP and we will have 0.3% THC in hemp in the field in Europe. We now have approximately 70 varieties of hemp. We will then have approximately 500. Of those 500, we will then have crops that are much more suited to Ireland's climate conditions.

Hemp is just wonderful in Ireland. It grows so much better here than anywhere else in the whole of Europe. The varieties that we grow have mainly been developed in France, for the French climate. Now, with the 0.3%, we will have crops that are triple use, so that farmers can get the stalk, the seed and the flowers and leaves out of one crop and we will have crops that are much better suited. Hopefully the seed quality that we see in Ireland will also improve.