Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We have comprehensive and detailed law in relation to the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission. We are introducing a new statutory office which will be transformative in relation to the food supply chain and bringing transparency to it. Deputy Carthy is putting cross-references into already comprehensive and complicated competition legislation by saying in an amendment that there would be a crossover without providing all the detail or the reams of legislation which would be necessary to make sure the whole thing would not fall down as soon as it met fresh air. It does not stand up to any scrutiny. We are introducing an office which will be effective on a statutory basis. What Deputy Carthy is doing has no standing in terms of legal solidity. I cannot accept it.