Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 October 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Geographical Indications for Craft and Industrial Products: Discussion

9:30 am

Ms Mary Blanchfield:

Mr. O'Connor is talking specifically about Waterford Crystal but it is across other GIs, as we mentioned in our opening statement, such as marble and ceramics. We have two centres of excellence based in Kilkenny, jewellery and goldsmithing, with ceramics hoping to start next year. They are both run in partnership with Atlantic Technological University. There is nothing to say we cannot do that with another body in another region in the country if given the resources to do so.