Programme Launch
The official launch of The Signpost Programme took place on Tuesday, 18 May.
Speakers included:
- Deirdre Ryan, Director of Origin Green and Quality Assurance programmes, Bord Bia
- Steven Fitzgerald – Dairy farmer from Co. Waterford and Signpost Farmer
- Ger McSweeney – Suckler farmer from Co. Cork and Signpost Farmer
- Pierre Bascou – Director of Sustainability and Income Support, DG Agriculture and Rural Development, EU Commissions
- Tom O’Dwyer – Teagasc and Signpost Programme Manager
Contributors:
- Dr.Frank O’Mara, Director of Research, Teagasc.
- An Taoiseach, Micheal Martin TD
- Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD
- Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Senator Pippa Hackett
- Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Martin Heydon TD
- Chairperson of the Oireachtas Committee of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Jackie Cahill TD