Paraic Brady (Fine Gael)
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Let us say I give out 20.8 entitlements to an auctioneer in good faith. This auctioneer has a licence. He is trading under a licence with the regulator. He has the authority to lease out an entitlement. Does the responsibility not come back to the auctioneer rather than the landowner? I have employed him to lease out the entitlement. He has charged me to lease out my entitlement, so why would we not take it off the farmer's entitlement?