Seanad debates
Wednesday, 18 July 2012
Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages
11:00 am
Brian Ó Domhnaill (Fianna Fail)
I do not want to press the amendment but I am not reassured. I know what the Minister is saying and the clarification was helpful but it is a question of additional charges. I will not press the amendment but I will have another look at it and get my colleague in the Dáil to table an amendment because I know time is against us. I would be very concerned that if additional charges were imposed on farmers, it would create difficulties. I am not suggesting charges will come in by way of this legislation but a Minister, some time in the future, will have the power to use his or her discretion by way of regulation. That is where the difficulty lies. I will not press the amendment. We will hold our counsel and re-word the amendment so that it can be tabled in the Dáil.
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