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. Eoin Carew:

At the moment, if a farmer is harvesting a crop in a field that is a mile away from the farm yard, he or she could be stopped by the Garda while driving down the road and, because he or she would technically be transporting a drug, the farmer could be arrested.