Mr. Paul Ginnell:

I will make a number of points. Food Bank is a structure in Ireland which is looking at putting food banks in place. There are food banks in Dublin and Belfast which examine how food can be collected. Their proposals, the details of which they will probably send to the committee, are to look at ways we can work with food producers and companies. If there is an oversupply of food and food waste, it goes straight to the dump, for which the companies pay. They are looking to put in place a national structure to take that food - it has to be properly controlled in terms of health and safety - and create food banks in different parts of the country and redistribute the food through community infrastructure. It is not just about collecting food and distributing it; it also about how it is done.

I will make two other points.