Mr. Ray Doyle:

We have and we have been told bluntly that any legal advice from the Attorney General is only for the internal use of the Department.

The witnesses said in their opening statement that since the new legislation came in on 28 January, the sales of intramammary antibiotics have collapsed across the co-ops and that the Department has not lived up to its commitment to implement a new national electronic prescribing system. Since 28 January, can they outline and give us a follow-up on the potential job losses and the possible emergence of a black market due to the two different prescribing and dispensing regimes on the island?