Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 13 July 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Vincent Roddy:
On the make-up of the board, six is a small number. We need a good lot more. The farmer representative bodies should be on that. We need to ensure we have enough critical expertise on that board as well to ensure it can deliver where it needs to deliver.
On the grey list, I concur with the IFA. There are actions there that are definitely dubious and floating through and need to be tackled. When you go into some supermarkets you see Irish flags and things like that to imply the product is Irish. That kind of activity must be ruled out, especially if it is not an Irish product. There are a number of factors there that should be included on that black list as well.
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