Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 February 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

EU Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products (Resumed): Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Ms Paula Barry Walsh:

I thank the Chairman, Deputies and Senators for inviting the Department here. I am joined by Mr. Colm Forde, head of division, with responsibility for the Veterinary Practice Act, and Ms Caroline Garvan, superintending veterinary inspector, both of whom are engaged in the policy and proposed implementation of the veterinary medicines regulation. We welcome the opportunity to appear before the joint Oireachtas committee to contribute to the discussions it has been having on the new EU Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products EU 2019/6 which comes into force next January.

Regulation 2019/6 legislates for the authorisation, use and monitoring of veterinary medicinal products in the European Union. It came into effect on 28 January 2019 and will apply in all EU member states on 28 January 2022, so there is a three year implementation phase. The regulation followed the adoption of a proposal in 2014-----

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