Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 6 July 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion

Mr. Arnold Dillon:

I do not have a particular percentage figure but it would be very low. That is an important point to make in the context of this discussion and a discussion around UTPs. Given that the majority of significant grocery retailers in this country would not deal directly with primary producers, in this regard, they would not have active commercial relationships with those so they would deal with food processors, suppliers and wholesalers. Some of the data that came up in that survey material in terms of people's awareness of UTPs and what relationships are subject to those new rules.