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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: Chair, it was your time really.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: I welcome the witnesses to the committee. I start with the food waste issue. According to what Mr. Cullinan has said today and based on evidence from other witnesses, food waste account for between 6% to 8% of greenhouse gas emissions. We all know that meeting our climate change targets it is probably the biggest issue in the area of agriculture. Does this represent low-hanging fruit in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: Will Mr. McCormack elaborate on how wonky fruit and vegetables could play an important part in making sure we can reduce our emissions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: What is disposed of?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: Are any supermarkets in Ireland today working with the wonky fruit model?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: Does Ms Brennan think the big issue of the 29% of household waste, a third of our food product being wasted, is an amazing figure in itself?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: If there was a different way of packaging products - in other words, instead of buying the usual bag of ten carrots, the carrots were bought individually - would that change the profile of how people shop?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: We will probably see sprouts being sold for a penny a packet on Christmas Eve.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: I would like to ask about farm buildings, which Ms Brennan mentioned, and the Valuation Act 2001. There has been a significant change in profile in how local authorities have dealt with this issue They have looked particularly on the potato industry and they have farmed down who these issues are. Has a test case gone to the Revenue Commissioners yet on this? Have we gone as far as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: I thank Ms Brennan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: Professor O'Mara made a very interesting statement but, with Hallowe'en around the corner, I will not be calling to his door anyway. On a serious note, food waste is an important topic. What is the trend in food waste? The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, figures we have been quoted extensively show we are the fifth highest in Europe, at 15% above the EU average, and our food waste...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: Is that voluntary?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: Am I right that food waste at primary producer level is only 7%?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: Some 29% would be considered household food waste.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: What is being done with the household food waste element?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: But we do not have measurements for it yet.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: But they are not binding commitments yet.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: Is there a plan to put binding commitments on retailers regarding this issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: That is potentially four or five years away.