Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 6 July 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion

Mr. Brian McHugh:

I will ask Mr. Murphy to speak to our experience in terms of the data that is out there. A benefit of having this new office is that it will be particularly focused on the industry and, through the years, will build up a data set. We see it with other agencies and regulators that have a significant amount of knowledge, information and understanding of a market. We find that really useful. Going from where we are now and the narrow role we have under the grocery goods regulations, GGRs, to this new office will involve a step change in terms of the amount of data and knowledge the office will have on the market. Without trying to define exactly how much data it will hold or where it will end up, having that evidence base will be very helpful in terms of arriving at the decisions we will need to make on whatever the matter might be. I will ask Mr. Murphy to speak to our experience.

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