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. Ray Doyle:
The full version of what is going to outlined or implemented on 1 December has not yet been given to us to road test, no. Going back to the timeline, it was supposed to be implemented on 29 January. This was when the EU regulation was there but the implementation has been deferred to 1 December, so here we are. We still have a lot of groundwork to do if it is to be implemented. I go back to our initial ask. There is a legislative method within which the Minister is empowered to amend the 2007 legislation to ensure the responsible person maintains their current responsible position in de facto prescribing and dispensing products. That is the big question to put to the Department.