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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Hemp Sector in Ireland: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Matt Carthy: Currently, what happens to the plant hemp? The stalk is taken for building materials.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Hemp Sector in Ireland: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Matt Carthy: Can that be done within the current legal framework?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Hemp Sector in Ireland: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Matt Carthy: As opposed to 0.3%.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Hemp Sector in Ireland: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Matt Carthy: And they are not in breach of European law.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Hemp Sector in Ireland: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Matt Carthy: That relates to the tops.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Hemp Sector in Ireland: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Matt Carthy: Those tops could be used for animal feed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Hemp Sector in Ireland: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Matt Carthy: If a farmer gave it to his or her animals right now, though, it would essentially be an illegal drug.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Hemp Sector in Ireland: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Matt Carthy: On building materials, does the hemp sector develop them itself?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Hemp Sector in Ireland: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Matt Carthy: How much is imported per year?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Hemp Sector in Ireland: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Matt Carthy: Is it coming from Britain?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Hemp Sector in Ireland: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Matt Carthy: If I were a farmer and wanted to grow hemp on 5 acres, would I be in a position to plant that amount using the imports?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Hemp Sector in Ireland: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Matt Carthy: There would be a market for-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Hemp Sector in Ireland: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Matt Carthy: The Chairman is looking to wrap up but I want to revert to what needs to happen and what this committee can help with. The first issue is the 0.3% and how we want the Misuse of Drugs Act to reflect the decision of the European Court of Justice. The second issue has to do with some form of processing. If every local authority decided in the morning that it would build a load of hemp houses,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Hemp Sector in Ireland: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Matt Carthy: We do not have the processing capacity. That would take time. How do we build that capacity? Who pays for it? The Government does not just give money to private companies. It has to be part of a much wider set of-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Hemp Sector in Ireland: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Matt Carthy: When the study is published, will a difficulty arise because its independence might be questioned owing to it being funded by the sector?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Hemp Sector in Ireland: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Matt Carthy: I get that. There is something that I am trying to get my head around. Currently, there is nothing stopping the industry or anyone from producing the stalk, which is useful for construction and materials, but it is not being utilised. Is that because it is not worth it economically, given that the value of the top is being lost?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Hemp Sector in Ireland: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Matt Carthy: That is the crux of the problem. At the same time, there is not much processing. What is there? I am trying to figure out whether we can do this.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Hemp Sector in Ireland: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Matt Carthy: Can a twin-track approach be taken whereby we can work on the issues around the Misuse of Drugs Act while also developing processing capacity in respect of the stalk? How would we do that? What is the magic bullet, if there is one?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Hemp Sector in Ireland: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Matt Carthy: For five factories.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Hemp Sector in Ireland: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Matt Carthy: That is what I was thinking.