Intent: To highlight that Bord Bia is responsible for the Quality Assurance standards on Irish farms. It is Bord Bia which inspect farms to ensure these standards. Farmers are constantly told that the customers want high standards. Yet now farmers find out that the Chair of Bord Bia's company Dawn Farm Foods is using Brazilian beef apparently at the behest of these same customers.::That IFA along with other farm organisations were scheduled to be in discussions with Bord Bia about Quality Assurance standards on farms. As farmer representatives, IFA cannot expect farmers to engage in meetings on standards while the Chair uses Brazilian beef.::To appeal to both the Minister for Agriculture and the Chair of Bord Bia to realise that prolonging this issue is not in anybody's interest and to put forward a proposal that the Chair should stand down, in the interests of Bord Bia and in the interests of Irish farming. The Minister must see the damage it is doing.::To highlight how Ireland has built up
Intent: To propose a further discussion about the matters at hand before proceeding with the review.::To propose that the review process would be overseen by a 3-person Steering Committee. This Steering Committee should include members who have credibility within the farming community.::To propose that there should be an opportunity for farmers and citizens to make public submissions to the review. Bord Bia is funded by the State and by farmers and it is important that the key stakeholders have an opportunity to giver their input.::To propose that a draft of the review would be published before it is finalised to allow for further feedback.::That the proposed review process, including the draft Terms of Reference, would benefit considerably from a further discussion at the upcoming Board meeting.::To highlight that the draft Terms of Reference for the review were only shown to the Board on the day of the last Board meeting, in addition the IFA proposals regarding the review, which were submitt
Intent: Following the Bord Bia Chair Larry Murrin appearance before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food, the following 10 Questions were put the Chair by IFA:::1. Why the Chair of Bord Bia Larry Murrin did not disclose his conflict of interest to the board as stated in the Code of Governance for State bodies which says that all board members, including the Chair, must disclose any conflicts of interest or perceived conflicts of interest to the Board. At the JOC the Chair said that he considered this himself and he decided he wasn't conflicted.::2. At the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food the Chair of Bord Bia confirmed that his company Dawn Farm Foods was also importing significant quantities of poultry. Did he disclose this to the board at the emergency board meeting on January 22nd? When did he inform the Minister of this?::3. Why did the Chair not absent himself from the emergency board meeting, as set out in the Code of Governance for State bodies?::4. O
Details: 10 Questions for Chair of Bord Bia and Bord Bia
Intent: To ask for an emergency Board meeting of the Bord Bia Board of Directores to be convened to discuss the issue of the Chair of Bord Bia's company Dawn Farm Foods importing Brazilian Beef.::To demonstrate extreme concern about this issue and the impact it will have on the credibility of Bord Bia with farmers.::To question whether the importation of Brazilian beef by the Chair's company is compatible with his role as Chair of Bord Bia.::That, as outlined in various items of correspondence 20th January, 30th January, 6th February, 7th February to the board, a lot of other concerning issues have emerged since the last board meeting. These also need to be considered at the meeting along with other emerging issues including the fact that the Chairman's company is not part of the relevant Quality Assurance Scheme and that this was incorrect on the Food drink Ireland website curated by Bord Bia.::To welcome the announcement that there will be a full governance probe of Bord Bia which will exami
