Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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I move amendment No. 25:

In page 45, after line 38, to insert the following:

“(5) The Minister may by order specify an amount not exceeding €1,000 in place of the amount specified in subsection (1)(b) and different amounts may be specified in respect of different offences.

(6) Every order made by the Minister under this section shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the order is passed by either such House within the next 21 days on which that House sits after the order is laid before it, the order shall be annulled accordingly, but without 4 [SECTION 55] prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under it.”.

My amendment is necessary to provide for the ability to vary the amounts of a fixed-payment notice under order. The provision is in line with the provision provided for in the agricultural and food supply recently before this committee.