Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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I will come to Teagasc in a minute. In respect of farm incomes, there are two parts to the hemp crop. The Government has committed to an exploration of the fibre element of it. We heard very strong evidence with the representative organisations that this is a fundamental mistake because asking anybody to grow a crop and to discard, potentially, half or more of the value of the crop would not be entertained. Dr. O'Mara spoke about looking at the by-products. Does the Department see scope to examine the entire crop in the context of looking at this from a farm income perspective?