Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Section 7 amends section 9 of the Agriculture Appeals Act 2001 by providing that the decision of an appeals officer under section 7 is final, subject to a review by the agriculture appeals review panel and the existing right of appeal to the High Court. The purpose of this amendment is to replace the right of review to the director with a right of review to the agriculture appeals review panel. Previously, the director dealt with the appeals. It will now be the new panel we are setting up which will deal with appeals. That also includes a right of appeal to the High Court, which is always standard for anything. On a point of law, people always have that right. Obviously, that is not the design or objective, but it is a right in all things to be able to appeal ultimately to a court if a person so wishes on a point law.