Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 16 February 2017

Public Accounts Committee

2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector

9:00 am

Photo of Bobby AylwardBobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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I note that €0.95 million was recouped from farmers. Is Mr. O'Driscoll satisfied with that? In my case, an area was overgrown with bushes and I incurred a cut. I did not incur a penalty but I did have to accept a cut from then on. Is it right that the taxpayer should pay the fines incurred by the Department? Should there have been greater pursuance of individual farmers for money owed?