Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 25 February 2014

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage

5:25 pm

Photo of Tom HayesTom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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It is €500 and at the lowest end of the scale, whereas a class A fine is €5,000 or six months imprisonment or both.

That is what was originally proposed and it was reduced because of the concerns of those who made submissions.