Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The topic for today's meeting is the regulation of veterinary medicines. The meeting is in two parts. The first part will be an engagement with Professor More, Dr. McAloon and Ms McCoy while the second will be an engagement with representatives of Veterinary Ireland.

Before we begin, I will state for the record some decisions made by the joint committee in private session at its meeting of 22 March on Microsoft Teams. It was agreed that the organic sector will be the focus of upcoming committee meetings and that relevant departmental officials, agencies and farming representative organisations will be invited to appear before the committee on this matter.

It was also agreed to write to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Taoiseach requesting them to allow the resumption of point-to-point racing under strict health and safety protocols as a matter of urgency. It was further agreed to write again to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine seeking further clarification on the status of mixed milk on future EU trade deals.