Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 23 February 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Development of the Hemp Sector in Ireland: Discussion

Mr. Marcus McCabe:

The dosage that the Food Safety Authority is allowing per person per day is so incredibly low that I would liken it to a thimble of shandy. No one wants that. There need to be sensible recommendations on allowable dosages. That is a problem right now. If we were in or around 0.2% and 20 mcg per kilogram of body weight, the industry would take off because cash would flow into it. Otherwise, there will be no investment. No investor or bank would put money into it.