Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 19 October 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

EU Nature Restoration Target and General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Michael FitzmauriceMichael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Are there concerns about the movement of animal medicines across the Border? In the line of competition, did any of the organisations write to the competition authority about the way they are promoting it at the moment. What is the witnesses' view? Every one of them has interaction with the Department. What is their read on it? We understood it was progressing well until probably a week ago. We heard there was legal opinion there for them. We heard it was there for a week and then we heard it was there for four or five weeks, even though we were told in here it was a week. We heard the brakes were put on internally in the Department by a few. Is that what the witnesses read into it? We have made our views clear. Where do the witnesses see this going as representatives of farming organisations?

On fertiliser, the witnesses have touched on the northern side of it.

Going back to the animal medicines, we would be for the trained person still being able to do it, simple as that. A few of us encountered a thing you can get on your phone. VetPal was the name of it, was it Chairman?

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