Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 29 June 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Mr. John Kinsella:

A compensation payment would be an administration of justice function reserved under our Constitution to the courts. As the Deputy knows, under the Constitution there are limits to what we can provide for in legislation. The Deputy is straying into this type of territory. It becomes very complicated when administrative penalties such as these are requested. We just cannot do it.

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