Mr. Fergal O'Leary:

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is responsible for the implementation of the proposed directive and it has been before the committee previously. The resourcing of regulators is a matter for the Government and the Oireachtas. The CCPC would be open to having a close relationship with all the regulators in order that they can benefit from what the commission is seeing across the economy and applying that to what regulators are asked to do by the Oireachtas.