Agriculture Schemes

Tuesday, 16 December 2025

Questions (794)

Paul Lawless

Question:

794. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if organisations (details supplied) are legally structured as non-State, independent entities that is, as a co-operative, company limited by guarantee or similar, rather than as public bodies or State-controlled organisations; whether this legal status is the reason that under the domestic transposition of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 he has stated that responsibility for ensuring compliance with the regulation’s requirements rests with individual breed societies or breeding operations rather than his Department or State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71884/25]

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Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

The named organisations are non-State, independent entities rather than public bodies. Compliance with Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 obliges the affected entities, including breeders, breed societies and breeding operations to comply with the applicable rules. My Department, as competent authority, has an oversight and enforcement role under the regulation.