Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 28 June 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Consolidation in Horticultural Grower Numbers: Discussion
Joe Flaherty (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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I thank the speakers for coming in, in particular Mr. Rushe for his very reasoned opening statement. I will concentrate on growers but have a couple of questions for Mr. Rushe first. On Lidl and Aldi, we all appreciate we need cheap food but they are in many respects a divisive force in the Irish supermarket sector, particularly when it comes to suppliers and producers. In 2021, Lidl sought a court injunction. Has there been an outcome to that or did they leave it at that?