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

4:10 pm

Mr. Pat Flanagan:

What frequently happens is that if there is some element where the local staff have a concern in respect of the case, they may refer it up to our unit at that stage. In other words, a matter arises locally, is often assessed and initially dealt with locally and may then move on depending on what is found at that stage. There is that kind of two-tier structure.