Denis Naughten (Longford-Roscommon, Fine Gael)
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Question 395: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the work programme of the consumer liaison panel for 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8974/05]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The consumer liaison panel does not operate on the basis of a formal annual work programme. It operates independently of the Department although the Department provides secretarial assistance to it.

Its terms of reference are to liaise on general consumer and client base issues in relation to the activities of the Department and to comment on the flow of information both to and from the public.

In so far as its current work is concerned I understand that it is in contact with University College Cork about carrying out a study into food pricing in Ireland.