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. Pat Murphy:

We are part of the information process with the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine. There are alternative numbers. If, for instance, I do not have any animals, I have a crop number, which can be used equivalently. My expectation is that that would be put in place. A bit of domestic or garden fertiliser does not come under this. My expectation is that if somebody else has a requirement for fertiliser for other use-----