Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 29 June 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Photo of Charlie McConalogueCharlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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There will be no levy on farmers. The proposed legislation has the capacity to enable the Minister in future, by regulation, should he or she decide, to apply a levy to processors and to those for whom the UTP aspects would apply, but not on the farmers.