Ms Angela Ruttledge:

That is a very good question. I think it can come from both but I think the State probably needs to lead on it.

On the mandatory food donation law, the Deputy mentioned France. Mandatory food donation is an example of a policy lever that may have an impact on the amount of food that we can redistribute. It was introduced in France in 2016. There has been some feedback from France around the quality of the food being donated at this stage. There is also a crisis in relation to the number of volunteers they can use to redistribute the food. There is work to be done in Ireland on investing in capacity of the redistribution sector before we would look at mandatory donation. I also think there is an opportunity to share more knowledge with food businesses and community partners around encouraging redistribution.