Teagasc hampered by staff restrictions

Teagasc is setting up a national team that can work with local advisers, to help farmers draw up plans for expansion that can be used to draw down funding from financial institutions.

“We are encountering delays with that at the moment because of the shortage of key staff but, hopefully, that will be resolved in the not too distant future,” said Teagasc Director Professor Gerry Boyle.

Addressing the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine, he said, “We see a huge demand for this.”