Agri-Food Regulator debate
The power that the Agri-Food Regulator will have to bring transparency to the food chain was debated and disputed last night in the Dáil when my suggested amendments were discussed.
The power that the Agri-Food Regulator will have to bring transparency to the food chain was debated and disputed last night in the Dáil when my suggested amendments were discussed.
Discrimination in planning decisions based on farm size or “viability” of a farm holding by An Bord Pleanála, and recently enshrined in the Clare County Development Plan, must be tackled and eradicate
The new Agri-Food Regulator will not have the power to determine who is profiteering from food price increases. Until this is changed, it will just be a waste of money.
Tánaiste and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin doesn’t want any State agencies tasked with ascertaining the minimum cost of production of essential food items in Ireland. It can’t be that he doesn’t understand the issue as he was the Trade Minister that removed the ban on below-cost selling of groceries.