Protection of the Environment (Criminal Activity) Bill 2015

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

The proposal would create a cross-border Fuel Smuggling Forum made up of officials from both jurisdictions, including environmental, revenue and police authorities. It would monitor and investigate fuel smuggling and related organised crime near the border, examine who finances and profits from it, and assess damage to the environment and farming. The Forum would publish annual reports, which could be discussed by an Oireachtas committee, while protecting ongoing investigations; its statements and accurate reports of its findings would also receive protection under defamation law.

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Bill entitled an Act to provide for the amendment of the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 in order to establish a cross-border statutory agency to investigate and report on fuel smuggling and other criminal activity in counties adjacent to the border between Northern Ireland and this jurisdiction

Last updated 12 April 2018