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:

There is a timing issue involved. The fertiliser season opens in January so there is a requirement to have initial registration and the beginning of this process in January. I understand why it is being brought in separately because if we waited until March, April or May to do it, at a point in time when farmers are doing their basic payment scheme application, the year is effectively over and it would be nonsense for a year. While there is a potentially significant workload next year, in particular-----