Ua wehewehe ʻo Sean Ryan, ka luna o ka ʻuala o ka IFA, i ka EUR3 miliona o ka hoʻolālā ʻuala ma ke ʻano he "hana mua maikaʻi." IFA halawai me ke Kuhina no ka Mahiai, Food, and the Marine ma mua o kēia makahiki a ua hoʻomau i ke kūkākūkā ʻana i ke kālā a me ke kōkua ʻana i nā mea ʻē aʻe no ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka ʻāpana me nā luna kiʻekiʻe o ka Oihana.
ʻO ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ke kālā no ka ʻāpana hua e hele mai ana ma mua o Dublin e hoʻokipa ana i ka World Potato Congress (WPC) mai ka Pōʻakahi, Mei 30 a i ka Pōʻalima, Iune 2.
"Ke kakali nei mākou i ka hana pū me nā luna Dept. Pono ka papahana e hōʻoia i ke komo mua ʻana i nā mea kanu hua o kēia manawa e kōkua iā lākou e hoʻonui a hiki i ka koi home, "wahi a Ryan, e like me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ka IFA.
Ma ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke kōkua hāʻawi i nā mea hana no ke kumukūʻai o nā mea hana kūikawā a me nā lako, manaʻo ka hoʻolālā e hāpai i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka hiki i loko o ka ʻoihana a hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka hana ʻana, mālama ʻana, a me nā ʻoihana kūʻai aku o nā hua ʻuala. E hoʻohana ʻia ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana o Ireland mai ka Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund no ke kālā ʻana i ka papahana Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR).
Ua hui pū kekahi ʻelele IFA me ke Kuhina i kēia mau lā e kūkākūkā i nā pilikia no ka ʻāpana ʻuala a e ʻimi mākou i nā ʻike hou aʻe e pili ana i ke kumumanaʻo hou.
Ma mua o Brexit, ua lawe mai ʻo Ireland ma kahi o 6,000 tons o ka ʻuala hua mai UK i kēlā me kēia makahiki, me 60% o nā hua i hōʻoia ʻia i kanu ʻia ma Ireland e hele mai ana mai Scotland. Ua hoʻonui ʻia ka ʻāpana o nā hua ʻuala no ka hōʻoia ʻana ma Ireland i 299 ʻeka i ka makahiki 2021. Pono e pālua kēia helu no ka noi home.
Ma kahi o 8,500 ha o ka ʻuala kalepa e kanu ʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki