Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We met with a couple of professors from Food Vision last week, which was really interesting. They were really pushing for a focus on what they considered to be a major priority, which was research and data. They spoke about the lack of same and the need to get a lot more information in order to better inform ourselves on how to grow and develop the sector. I asked them about the agrifood regulator. The regulator has very limited powers. We pushed on the issue of below-cost-selling at every point but, unfortunately, our argument was not accepted. Do our guests think that the agrifood regulator in its current form will be able to do anything in relation to the price for fruit and vegetables?