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:
In our submission we outlined our fear that that was a possibility. In remoter parts of the country there may be an issue with less veterinary coverage. We pointed out that animal health and welfare may be negatively affected as some rural areas have no local practising veterinary practitioner and so may have very limited or restricted access to professionals to prescribe antimicrobials.