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:

The Deputy is right. My apologies. That comes from EU law. The current statutory instrument that deals with UTPs is limited to €500,000 because that is the limitation imposed by the European Union Act. If people think that the penalty should be increased, we can look at that, but that is why it is set at that rate at present. That is what is required by the Act.