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

Mr. John Kinsella:

It is, but the law generally tries to strike a balance on people's rights to defend those types of allegations. The longer there is a gap between the date of the offence and the institution of proceedings, it is generally difficult for the accused person in those types of proceedings to defend himself or herself. However, I reiterate it only relates to summary offences. The indictable offences do not have those time limits.