Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Under the Freedom of Information Act (FOI), I wish to receive a copy of all records held by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DFAM) concerning complaints about a suspected breach of competition law by the Irish beef industry. This includes a copy of all records relating to complaints about Irish beef prices; allegations of anti-competitive practices in the Irish beef industry; complaints about an alleged cartel in the Irish beef industry and complaints about alleged practices in Irish meat plants. It includes correspondence, emails and records of meetings between the DFAM and Meat Industry Ireland (MII) or any meat factory representatives, other state agencies such as the Bord Bia, Teagasc and all Irish farming organisations on any of the issues mentioned above from July 2019 to August 14, 2020. This would also include submissions from any farmer, farming organisation or any third party in relation to the issues mentioned above.