Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 July 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

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

Photo of Joe FlahertyJoe Flaherty (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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Would Mr. Cullinan not see an issue that they would be forcing out smaller food producers from being the household’s automatic choice when it comes to what brand they will go with? Let us use, for example, a smaller, bespoke food producer. If the shelf space is minimised to 30%, does he not think some of those smaller food producers will be forced out?