Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 25 October 2006
251 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 192 of 17 October 2006, the number of times all the State agencies met in each year from 2000 to date in 2006 under the umbrella of the national development plan; when the next meeting of the agency CEO group will take place; the membership of the group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34728/06]
View answerIn addition to the 20 meetings of the Food Agency Co-Operation Council which took place between 2000 and 2003, the food development agencies directly concerned with the food programme components of the National Development Plan 2000-2006 met on 10 occasions in the period 2001 and 2006. Two meetings took place in each of the years 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004, while one meeting took place in each of the years 2005 and 2006.
The inaugural meeting of the Agency CEO Group, which subsumes and replaces the Food Agency Co-operation Council, took place on 18 July 2006. The next meeting of the Group will take place in November 2006. The Group, which is chaired at Ministerial level, comprises of the Chief Executives/Directors of Teagasc, Bord Bia, Enterprise Ireland, Bord Iascaigh Mhara, Fáilte Ireland, FÁS, the Food Safety Authority of Ireland, and the Food Safety Promotion Board.
