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:

Head 4 pertains to notification notices and documents. This is standard stuff on the service of notices in proceedings. The question arises as to whether this is superfluous because there are similar provisions in the Interpretation Act. I draw people's attention, however, to one addition that is not covered in the Interpretation Act, namely, the provision on the service of notices by electronic mail. We believe that is a positive development. We favour retaining the head but we are open to the possibility that others might have a different view.