Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 28 June 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Consolidation in Horticultural Grower Numbers: Discussion

Mr. Brian Rushe:

On the Deputy's first question, I take on board the point about giving examples. However, I re-emphasise the point that the transparency piece is lacking. Let us hope the food regulator can do something in that regard.

There is probably something to be done around unsustainable discount. Perhaps a bottom line, a minimum price, could be put in place. Unsustainable discounting, as my colleagues have mentioned, is creating these price wars. Once one goes, the rest go too and it lands at our gate.