Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 27 September 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Fergal Byrne:
No, I can tell the committee that. It was done in the past week or so. We are currently opening bank accounts and so forth and are now ready to draw down the €30,000 or €35,000 from the Minister of State, Senator Hackett, to start the funding in that regard.
We will be looking for additional funding at that stage to move forward again. Our body is now set up and we are beginning to be recognised. This week, we are going to the Dingle Food Festival. That is really the first official thing to happen. The organisation is ready to move at this stage.