Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 25 January 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Our target is 8,000 ha and we have the funding for that. We want to do all we can to build towards it. It is going to be a big challenge to get there this year but we will get there and we have the platform and funding to do it. The economic fundamentals mean it makes sense to incorporate it into family farms as well.