Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 4 April 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion

4:00 pm

Mr. Brendan Gleeson:

That is a point. We are giving these people very strong powers. We are giving the board the power to give these people these powers. It could be the case that, for example, they would not give all these powers to every authorised officer. It could be the case that a fairly rigorous training programme would be needed because the Deputy is right. These are tricky situations and we are trying to strike a balance between strong regulation and administration and avoiding infringing people's rights. That is the reality.