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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: 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.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Hemp Sector in Ireland: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Matt Carthy: When we discuss hemp, it is never uninteresting. There is a great deal of work for the committee in this. It is not a question of forcing anyone to move from another sector into hemp growing. Rather, it complements many other sectors.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Hemp Sector in Ireland: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Matt Carthy: It could be the difference between someone being a part-time and full-time farmer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Hemp Sector in Ireland: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Matt Carthy: Is that for food?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Hemp Sector in Ireland: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Matt Carthy: No canvassing at committee meetings.
- Carbon Tax: Motion [Private Members] (22 Feb 2022)
Matt Carthy: There are no alternatives in County Monaghan. There is no public transport-----