Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 3 July 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Statement of Strategy 2023-2026: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

5:30 pm

Mr. Brendan Gleeson:

We have very generous incentives for people to go into organic farming. The reality is many people in the dry stock sector, such as those with sheep, are pretty close to organic anyway. It probably makes sense for some of them to go into organic farming. They are voting with their feet now because the incentives are so generous. We have to do something on the market end as well. We have to try to make sure that there is a strong market for organic products as that is a challenge.