Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 26 May 2022
Committee on Public Petitions
Consideration of Public Petition on a Ban on Herbicides in Public Areas: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Bill Callanan:
To be clear, we have a very open and transparent approach to authorisation. All the materials are up on our website if members want to look at them. Our clear guidance is that, for any risk assessment, the question is whether we need to use a product. If we do not, we will not and if we do use it, we need to have the confidence from the authorisation process to confirm it is safe. That is our role and responsibility.