Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We learned today that the Food Safety Authority, which is responsible for protecting the public, could not even meet since last November because of the absence of a quorum. This is due to the incompetence of the Minister and his failure to appoint members to the board.

Sources are saying that there is a legislative proposal to subsume the Food Safety Authority back into the parent Department. As part of his policy, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, has outlined that this is the desired route. I am seeking the Taoiseach's response concerning proposed amendments to the Food Safety Authority of Ireland Act.

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