Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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542. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if departmental inspectors are given guidelines on the number of penalties they should be imposing on average; if action is taken against inspectors whose penalty rate is below average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14427/16]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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There are no guidelines in place regarding the number of penalties to be applied by my Departments Inspecting Officers. Inspecting Officers are trained to identify breaches and to apply the appropriate weightings and sanctions as and where they find them.