Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 July 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Jim O'Toole:

Absolutely. We have a range of activities and we work with social media influencers. One of the things that is a concern for the sector in total is that given the profile of consumers now and given it is a relatively expensive product, as the Senator said, it is important to try to recruit younger consumers into the category. That is why we have put particular emphasis on delivering a different suite of recipes, different types of cuisine and the different cuts that are used, again using online platforms and chefs who appeal to that younger cohort, to try to recruit them into the category so we continue to grow our consumer base.