Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 1 April 2015
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications
Minerals Development Bill 2014: Discussion
9:30 am
Mr. Brian Breslin:
That is a legal or technical issue and will be decided by the lawyers. The offences we are dealing with here are not anything new. We are trying to ensure that where there is regulation of the sector, there are appropriate sanctions for when people break the rules. For legal reasons, some of those offences will be in the Minister's power to prosecute, while some will be a matter for the Mining Board.
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