Committee Reports::Report No. 03 - Interim Report on the Impact of Grocery Multiples on the Grocery and Retail Markets and its Effect on Consumers, Small Grocery Retailers and Small Grocery Suppliers::23 March, 2005::Appendix

Appendix 2

A.2 Persons who gave Oral Evidence at Public Hearings of the Joint Committee

Tuesday, 2 November 2004


Tesco


Mr Dermot Breen, Director


Mr Gordon Fryett, Chief Executive


Superquinn


Senator Feargal Quinn, Chairman


Mr Eamonn Quinn, Deputy Chairman


Wednesday, 3 November 2004


RGDATA


Ms Tara Buckley, Director General


Mr Ray Ryan, President


Mr Jim Marshall, Director


Mr John Pettitt


BWG Foods


Mr Leo Crawford, Group Chief Executive


Mr John O’Donnell, Group Finance Director


Mr Conor Whelan, Managing Director


Mr Simon Marriott, Trading Director


Wednesday, 10 November 2004


The Competition Authority


Dr. John Fingleton, Chairman


Ms Carol Boate, Division Manager, Advocacy Division


Musgrave/Supervalu/Centra


Mr Seamus Scally, Group Managing Director, Musgrave Group


Mr Chris Martin, Group Finance Director, Musgrave Group


Mr Donal Horgan, Managing Director, Musgrave SuperValu Centra


Lidl


Mr Patrick Kaudewitz, Managing Director


Wednesday, 12 January 2005


TASTE Council


Mr Peter Ward (chairperson and Owner/Manager of Country Choice, an independent delicatessen in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary)


Mr Ross Lewis (chef/proprietor of Chapter One Restaurant, Parnell Square, Dublin)


Mr John McKenna (author of the Bridgestone Guides)


Dublin Meath Growers Society Limited


Mr Pat O’Connor, General Manager


Mr Simon Walsh, Commercial Manager


Mr John Hogan, Member/Technical Advisor


Combat Poverty Agency


Mr Jim Walsh


Ms Audrey Deane, St Vincent de Paul


Mr Jack Dempsey, Crosscare


Thursday, 13 January 2005


Retail Ireland


Mr Richard Nesbitt, Chairman


Mr Torlach Denihan, Director


Wednesday, 26 January 2005


The Office of the Director of Consumer Affairs


Ms Carmel Foley, Director of Consumer Affairs


Marks & Spencer


Mr Jonathan Glenister, Divisional Food Manager


Mr Neil Hyslop, Divisional Executive for Ireland


Wednesday, 23 February 2005


The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Mr Michéal Martin, TD


Mr Gerry Donnelly, Principal Officer, Competition Policy


Mr Gary Dixon, Assistant Principal Officer, Competition Policy