Joe Flaherty (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the farm organisations for coming in. I agree with the IFA that there needs to be a focus on the five main retailers and the three main food service providers from the outset. Small start-up retailers, for example, should not be inhibited or fear this. It should be seen as a red flag for those five big retailers that a vehicle is coming in that will endeavour to police what they are doing.

Following on from Mr. Enright's comment on the board, we teased that out to some degree with the Minster when he was before the committee and we asked him how it was going to be staffed and the type of people who would be recruited. I would probably take the view that more people are needed below the board level. Forensic accountants and IT specialists are needed to be able to go in and ferret out the information that they need from these companies when they get access to it. That is where we need the personnel and bodies. Mr. Enright referenced other State bodies as an example. Could he mention a farm-related State body that he sees as an example that he could work with vis-à-visthe six that is proposed?