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 Martin BrowneMartin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein)
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Under head 45, "Appointment of authorised officer", it states, "The Chief executive may appoint in writing such persons or classes of persons as he or she considers appropriate to be authorised officers for the exercise of all or any of the functions conferred on an authorised officer under this Bill". What criteria or qualifications would be required for that role? Is it enforcement, agriculture or finance?