Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 March 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion

Mr. John Spink:

Yes. The study described by Dr. Mullins - the potato study - was done in the field in Oakpark under licence from the EPA. There were various restrictions and regulations we had to comply with but that work was done in the field in Carlow. The idea was to look at the impact agronomically and if there was an impact on the environment, which impacts Dr. Mullins has outlined. We can do it under licence.