Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 28 September 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion
Mr. John Carroll:
We have minimal amounts of fertilisers moving across from the UK. On this legislation, that will not be captured either. We probably cannot capture everything, but the North is a gaping hole. Even if we cannot get one register for Ireland, if there was another register in the North, one could talk to the other. If there was some understanding there, we would be far happier. The vast majority of farmers want to do the right thing on this. I believe they will stay within the limits of nitrogen, phosphorus, potash and lime. The problem is that any of them who want to go outside this will find a way.
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