307 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the legal authority, including EU and Irish regulations, under which she is empowered to force livestock owners in holdings governed by a herd number registered in more than one name to nominate only one person to act as keeper for the herd when the person so nominated would be the only person open to prosecution and, on conviction, potentially liable to heavy fines or imprisonment, in the event of prosecutions connected with such person’s area of responsibility being brought before the courts by her Department; her views on whether the imposition of such a draconian requirement on livestock owners is at one with the principles of social justice or in compliance with the natural and constitutional principles of fair procedure and equality before the law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15353/05]

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307 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the legal authority, including EU and Irish regulations, under which she is empowered to force livestock owners in holdings governed by a herd number registered in more than one name to nominate only one person to act as keeper for the herd when the person so nominated would be the only person open to prosecution and, on conviction, potentially liable to heavy fines or imprisonment, in the event of prosecutions connected with such person’s area of responsibility being brought before the courts by her Department; her views on whether the imposition of such a draconian requirement on livestock owners is at one with the principles of social justice or in compliance with the natural and constitutional principles of fair procedure and equality before the law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15353/05]

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