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)

Mr. Tim Cullinan:

A chair of a board is critically important. The farm organisations need a say in that as well. I keep going back to the fact that the reason we are here is the primary producer has been left behind in all of this up to now. It is the Minister's prerogative at the end of the day but normally on a board, the board members make the decision as to who the chair is. I would like to see a board appointed and the members of that board would have an input into the appointment of the chair as well.