Mr. Conor Geraghty:

They are all prescription only at the moment and have been for many a year. When one gets them from a vet, one will get a prescription to accompany them. In certain cases, especially with dry cow tubes, many vets supply prescriptions and those prescriptions are filled at third-party locations. There is a bit of scaremongering here because this is the case already and nothing will change with those products. There will be a more onerous watchful eye on prescribing practices, as previous speakers have said, and there will be more audits on farms and vets to make sure they follow best practice. Many of the products the Deputy has mentioned are already prescription only and availability will remain as is.