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:

These are all of the other things. There has to be the combining capacity, which we would probably have if we have a decent harvest. However, if we get a very wet and broken harvest, would we have the capacity? In addition, there is the cleaning and drying. We have the storage capacity, but the cleaning and drying would be another issue. If there were good harvesting conditions and you were bringing it in dry, there would not be a problem. However, if we hit a bad harvest, we could be bunched.