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Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022
- Sponsor
- Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Introduced
- 19 Dec 2022
- Last updated
- 11 Sep 2024
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Establishes An Rialálaí Agraibhia (Agri Food Regulator) as independent statutory body to promote fairness and transparency in agricultural and food supply chains.
- Prohibits unfair trading practices in business-to-business agricultural and food relationships, including late payments, unauthorized charges, and improper contract changes.
- Grants Regulator enforcement powers to investigate breaches, conduct inspections, bring proceedings, and publish decisions; Minister may make regulations on unfair practices with consent requirements.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage33rd Dáil19 Dec 2022
- Second Stage33rd Dáil19 Jan 2023
- Committee Stage33rd Dáil19 Jan 2023
- Report Stage33rd Dáil15 Feb 2023
- Fifth Stage33rd Dáil24 May 2023
- Second Stage26th Seanad24 May 2023
- Committee Stage26th Seanad15 Jun 2023
- Report Stage26th Seanad4 Jul 2023
- Fifth Stage26th Seanad4 Jul 2023
- Enacted11 Jul 2023
Debates
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