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 Jackie CahillJackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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Head 40 makes it an offence to engage in a UTP in contravention of a regulation made under head 39. Head 41 provides for the voluntary use of effective alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in cases where the office believes they could be successful. The office may suspend examination of a complaint during the use of this mechanism. Article 7 of Directive 2019/633 also promotes the use of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms such as mediation.