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

4:05 pm

Mr. Pat Flanagan:

The usual thing is it does not start out that way. The investigation starts from a different point, and in the course of that some issue is identified which is to be cross-reported. An issue does not start as a cross-compliance inspection, rather, it starts at the local office level. From the investigations division point of view, an investigation which started at a different point can lead to issues being identified in the course of that investigation which are relevant for cross-compliance reporting.