Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 November 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Agricultural Schemes: Discussion

Dr. Frank O'Mara:

As I have outlined, we have taken on a lot of extra advisers for the campaign of ACRES and over 73 staff have been taken on. We have also put in place six additional advisers for the organic scheme and two more specialists. So we have gone from having just two specialists this time last year or earlier this year and I hope that within a very short period we will have a team of team in place to support organics. My colleague, Mr. Curran, will discuss the interest shown by clients and discuss the requirements of the scheme.