Noel Grealish (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I agree with the Deputy on that and I will look at it, along with my colleagues here. The second call closed on 7 March and relates to a €3 million fund to develop and promote our organic sector to cover the period of 2025 to 2027. The applicants were asked to submit their applications for that. It is in process at the moment and the announcements will hopefully be made by the end of April. I hope more organic markets like this will be in our towns and villages around the country but it would be great to see more of them within the major cities and the likes of Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway where farmers come in to sell their produce, as we see all over Europe.

I came back from Vietnam recently and there is a market on every street. It is maybe something we could see if we could grow more here. I thank the Deputy.

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