Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 3 July 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment

10:00 am

Photo of Róisín GarveyRóisín Garvey (Green Party)
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Last, will Enterprise Ireland support businesses I met that cannot access supports from the Department of agriculture because they are adding value to something? For example, if a yoghurt maker adds flavour, the Department of agriculture will not support him. Can we look at the businesses that are falling between the cracks, food producers in particular, and see what the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment can do to support them? At the end of the day, we need to be able to feed our own country, whatever about exports.