Mr. Noel Collins:

The priority for the interim enforcement authority has been to try to develop a culture of compliance with the current regulations, which set out 16 prescribed unfair trading practices. We are very much focused on that. We have been very proactive and engaged with the largest buyers in the agriculture and food supply chain in Ireland, including the largest retailers and wholesalers in the State, and then cascading down to the largest buyers that purchase directly from primary producers. We have engaged in a consultation with our colleagues and the relevant State agencies to identify who those businesses were and we requested that they submit implementation reports to us as the enforcement authority on what they have been doing to ensure compliance. For the very largest retailers and wholesalers, we have a liaison officer model in place since the end of last year. We meet these liaison officers every quarter when we go through in detail what actions they are taking to ensure compliance with the regulations. We have been quite challenging in that engagement to ensure they are taking appropriate actions to ensure compliance. We do not have the resources to engage with all the businesses.