Ms Paula Barry Walsh:

I am happy to answer that. I will try to be as succinct as possible and my colleague can provide extra detail. We seek to have licensed merchants distribute and dispense it, but it will be on foot of a prescription. I refer to the MEP's question where the Commission pointed out was up to the member states to say if they have met the criteria. That is correct. We agree with that. In considering the regulation, one can only allow for the dispensing of a prescription if it had been done by somebody other than a veterinarian prior to the 2019 point of legislation being brought forward rather than the 2022 point-----