Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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580. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he is taking to promote potato producer groups in order to support growers in marketing their produce. [9190/14]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department will be advertising two calls for proposals for promotion under the EU promotion regulation this year and has worked with Bord Bia and potato producers to encourage the submission of a potato promotion proposal which could benefit from 50% EU co-financing. The stakeholders in the sector have recently committed to preparing a proposal for a three year programme. As the Single Common Market Organisation does not cover the potato sector or potato producer groups, our focus is on investment, joint promotion and identification of new market outlets with the potential for increased consumption in order to support producers in marketing their produce.