Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 12 November 2015
Public Accounts Committee
2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor
10:00 am
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
I know it is the tail end of the meeting. Let me paint the scenario and why I raise these questions. A farmer from County Tipperary attributes 500,000 litres of milk for which he has no quota to Clongowes Wood farm, which is also a school. The farmer concerned, as it happens, is connected to Glanbia. In so attributing the milk in this way, he avoids superlevies of €300,000.
This comes to the attention of the Department, which sets out to put things right. According to responses to parliamentary questions, the Chief State Solicitor's office is involved in offering an opinion on this matter. Can Ms Creedon speak about that process?
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