Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

Possibly, or it could be the case that both sides are quite happy with arrangements. A reasonable starting point would be to work from the European standard, which received a lot of assessment before it was agreed on. A key reason for setting up the office is that it can monitor situations like that and assess exactly what is happening. Where feedback like that comes from suppliers, we can adjust our position and try to ensure the supply chain is healthy and respectful. If we need to turn some greys into black because they are unfair and they put undue pressure on suppliers to do things they would not want to do, then that would be a reason to adjust and do that. As a starting point, given this is something that was teased out in great detail and is now a standard across Europe, we should start with the unfair trading practices that are there, and the Bill provides that they can be adjusted as we go.