Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 27 November 2012

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed)

3:00 pm

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 5:


In page 9, subsection (1), to delete lines 9 to 14.
These all are in my name. I do not anticipate this will be a contentious issue. During an earlier debate it became apparent that placing the definition of "intensive unit" so far from the two sections to which it applies made the text less user friendly. It is best to move the definition of "intensive unit" from the general definitions section to sections 19 and 20 as it is used only in these two sections and to make a few technical adjustments to ensure comparability between the two sections.

This is purely a technical adjustment and there is no change to the substance of the definition. As there was confusion about the definition of "intensive unit", we included the definition in the sections dealing with issues such as poultry units.

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