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

Photo of Paul DalyPaul Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I wish to go back to the issue of the powers. If a farmer makes a complaint to this new office and his complaint is upheld following an investigation, the office has the power to enforce penalties or fines. Does it have the power to make the offender compensate the aggrieved party for whatever was lost? Would a farmer just get the satisfaction of having highlighted what happened and hope it will not happen again, or will the office have the power to impose a fine to allow for reimbursement for whatever grievance was suffered?

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