Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 11 June 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food

Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion

2:00 am

Mr. Conor Geraghty:

It has been a bone of contention for private vets for a long time. Under Schedule 8, there was no requirement to visit the farm, and I am sure the Department can confirm that. Regarding PVP, at the time, it was not called client-patient-practice relationship. It was a bona fide vet relationship at the time in the legislation. The minimum requirement was a visit once a year to the farm.

That was the minimum. There needed to be a real and demonstrable relationship. There are cases where prosecutions were taken, suspended sentences were handed out and people were fined up to €40,000 and were struck off the Veterinary Council for doing what a co-op-led operation could do, which was legal under the Act because it had a special clause.

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