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:

We would not expect that buyers who do not think they are engaging in an unfair trading practice would take the fixed penalty notice option. Such a case would then be in the courts where the enforcement authority could make a finding against the buyer and that would be public.