Seanad debates

Wednesday, 11 July 2012

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed)

 

11:00 am

Photo of Brian Ó DomhnaillBrian Ó Domhnaill (Fianna Fail)

I move amendment No. 46:

In page 34, subsection (1)(a), line 45, to delete "reasonable grounds" and substitute "evidence".

Both of these amendments relate to an issue we discussed at length previously when the Bill was before the House. It relates to substituting "reasonable grounds" with "evidence" so that any suspicion would be evidence-based rather than based on reasonable grounds. The Minister explained the last day that for enforcement officers to have adequate powers available to them, they had to work on the basis of reasonable grounds. Has there been any change in the Minister's view of these amendments?

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