Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed)
3:25 pm
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I am informed they would have that right in terms of fair procedure but I would not have thought the Ombudsman would have the capacity to go out and inspect animals because he or she would not have the expertise for that. The Ombudsman would examine whether the person had been treated fairly in terms of the existing procedure.