Ms Maria Dunne:

For clarity, I can tell the Deputy what the unfair trading practices are. They include: payments later than 30 days for perishable agricultural and food products, payment later than 60 days for other agrifood products, short notice cancellations of perishable agrifood products, unilateral contract changes by the buyer, payments not related to a specific transaction, the risk of loss and deterioration being transferred to the supplier, the refusal of written confirmation of a supply agreement by a buyer despite requests from the supplier, misuse of trade secrets by the buyer, commercial retaliation by the buyer and transferring the costs of examining customer complaints to the supplier. There are six further unfair practices that only come into-----