Ms Niamh Brennan:

The tendering process for a lot of products would begin before the season takes place. Then there are supposed to be contracts; not signed contracts but contracts of some description. We meet the retailers regularly. In the past two years, we have had the war in Ukraine and the price of production needs to be reflected in those contracts and there needs to be flexibility to allow for changes in that. That includes the need for analysis on the input costs feeding directly into that. That is where the food regulator will play a key role in allowing that transparency.