Galway Senator calls for changes to farm inspection process
Galway Bay fm newsroom - Galway Senator Lorraine Higgins has called on the Agriculture Minister to make the farm inspection process independent.
It follows revelations that penalities arising from inspections have increased by up to 500 percent in some areas in the last four years.The Labour Senator says she has received many representations from farmers in Galway East in fear of penalties.She says it's now imperative that an independent body takes over these checks in the interest of transparency.