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 very good point. We will have a look at that and revert to the Deputy on it. There are offences provided for in section 44 of the 1958 Act which states that a person who fails or refuses to furnish any information within his knowledge, etc. in the context of an investigation by the board shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding €500; that figure may have been increased subsequently. However, we will make sure we have those two aspects tied in. It appears to be an offence not to co-operate with an investigation by the board under the 1958 Act but we will check it out.