Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Head 1 includes the Short Title and citation. Head 2 comprises interpretation and definitions. Head 3 relates to regulations and provides for the laying of regulations and orders to be made under the Bill. Head 4 deals with expenses. It provides for a standard provision relating to expenditure in the Bill, such as funds to be sanctioned by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

Head 5 deals with the application and scope of the Bill. It also provides that the Minister may, by order, provide that additional agrifood products may come under the remit of the Bill. This Bill applies to agricultural and food products, and to the enforcement functions for unfair trading practices. This head also allows for the inclusion of products not included under annexe 1 to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. It could, if the Minister decided, potentially include other products such as mineral water, which was included under the grocery goods regulations.