Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 31 January 2017
637. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department can take whatever time it sees fit to send files to the Agriculture Appeals Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3976/17]
View answerUnder the Agriculture Appeals Regulations the Director of the Agriculture Appeals Office may fix the period within which files requested by that Office from my Department should be provided. This period is currently set at two weeks.
My Department is committed to adhering to this deadline in respect of all requests for files made to it by the Agriculture Appeals Office. In some cases there are valid reasons for a delay in returning files and, in such circumstances, my Department liaises with the Agriculture Appeals Office with a view to providing the file requested as soon as is practicable.
