Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Section 6 amends section 8 of the Agriculture Appeals Act 2001 by providing that oral hearings may be held in person or, subject to agreement of the parties, remotely by electronic means. That is only subject to agreement of the parties. This provision was amended following pre-legislative scrutiny and a recommendation from the joint committee here that hearings should only be held remotely by electronic means with the agreement of the parties. Based on that recommendation, this wording came forward.