Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 December 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Investigations Division: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

3:55 pm

Mr. Philip Carroll:

What I said was that we have a protocol in place which predates the current structure. That protocol deals with a process through which complaints are made. In addition to the protocol, there are other avenues through which complaints are made. One is through representations directly to the Minister, one is through representations to the Secretary General, and a third one now is through representations to the steering group. These complaints will be dealt with independently of the investigations that begin.