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

Dr. Orla Keane:

That figure is based on estimated lost production due to the parasites and also money spent on drugs to treat these parasites. The majority of the cost is due to the loss of production and it is envisaged that the figure relating to that loss of production would only increase in the face of resistance if we cannot control the parasites. That figure will expand and could expand quite substantially.