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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: In terms of processing the crop to get the seed-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Hemp Sector in Ireland: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Matt Carthy: It has been said to me many times that hemp is a magical crop in the context of carbon sequestration. One of the opening statements asserted that hemp sequesters, on average, 10 tonnes of net carbon dioxide per hectare. This means that 10,000 ha sown would reduce carbon emissions by 100,000 tonnes per annum in a four-month window. One of the speakers referenced the fact that with forestry,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Hemp Sector in Ireland: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Matt Carthy: In the product itself?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Hemp Sector in Ireland: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Matt Carthy: That is my experience as well, with many people asking about hemp. What we want to do is move beyond inquiring into delivery of the product. There has been a lot of emphasis on the Misuse of Drugs Act and how hemp fits in. If that Act was amended to allow up to a 0.3% content level, as per the European Court ruling, how would that work in practice? What difference would that make to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Hemp Sector in Ireland: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Matt Carthy: What does that mean? When someone is cultivating a crop, does he or she have to get rid of the tops altogether?
- 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?