Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 27 April 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Regulation of Veterinary Medicines: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Michael CollinsMichael Collins (Cork South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for coming in. Animal welfare will suffer following this. The Department knows that costs to farmers will also increase. Vets already charge for prescriptions if they do not supply the veterinary medicines. My worry is that in some instances in rural Ireland, animals that are of low value will not be given the treatment. It is obvious, unfortunately, what is going to happen here. Essential antiparasitic treatments will be avoided and parasitic diseases will be left to run their course, causing untold levels of animal suffering. That is the view of many people out there, sadly. It is going to happen and I would like the council representatives' views on those matters.

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