Ex-commissioner pulls out of supermarket code job
The appointed code of conduct facilitator ,David Byrne has withdrawn from the job before it began
Print12 May 2010
David Byrne
The grocery code of conduct has been brought into question with appointed code facilitator David Byrne pulling out of the job before he even started. The former European Commissioner wrote to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation Batt O’ Keeffe to say he will not be taking up the post to which he was appointed last month by Tanaiste Mary Coughlan before the Dail reshuffle.
A spokesperson for Mr O’ Keeffe said that Byrne had cited a conflict of interest as a reason for not taking up the post.
Byrne is a non-executive deputy chairman of DCC group, whose food and beverage arm operates brands such as Kelkin, Robert Roberts, KP and Kylemore.
When ShelfLife contacted the minister’s office a spokesperson said that no replacement had yet been found but that they are currently considering a few candidates and an annoucement will be made soon.
The code facilitator’s role would be to consider submissions on a supermarket code and to examine how voluntary codes had worked in other countries. They will also have to decide if the code is to be made statutory and decide on the provisions it would hold.
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