Professor Simon More:

That is a question on antiparasitics. I do not want to cover it because it is not our area of expertise. We could say the same thing about the tests that are used as part of a farm investigation or about data that is collected with respect to mastitis control, which is where we are coming from today. Our firm view is that a level of veterinary oversight on intramammary antibiotics is critical and, therefore, test results are important with respect to those. As we highlight and argue in our paper, it is important to have detailed veterinary oversight of the mastitis situation. I hope the Deputy can understand that we are not here with expertise on antiparasitics but we are here to discuss another area that is critical to veterinary medicines, namely, the prescribing of intramammary antibiotics. In Ireland, that is different from other member states and will need to be considered carefully in light of the new veterinary medicines regulation.