Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am trying to ask a few quick fire questions. I do not need essays, if that is possible. Do the witnesses think the people in co-ops who are qualified to give out antiparasitic medicine at the moment will be made redundant due to this regulation? Do the witnesses fear that there may be a clause in EU law that one cannot take a living from someone? There is also something called a "grandfather right".

On top of that, do the witnesses think the Department is fully responsible for what we are facing at the moment? Looking at what the Brits have done, they were ahead of the posse. My understanding is that the industry asked the Department going back years to allow not only vets but others to prescribe. However, the Department said no. One can look at what the UK has done, especially in the context of the Brexit situation. Whether one likes it or not, a suitably qualified person, SQP, can operate in the North. There are two different rules from Monaghan to Enniskillen and there are going to be major problems.

Can we also get the reply the EU sent the witnesses? Can that and the letter or email that was sent by the Department looking for a relaxation of this be given to the committee?