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. John Carroll:

Yes. That is exactly right. We have six significant importers of fertiliser in the South. I would say that they all export fertiliser to Northern Ireland. They all have business in Northern Ireland. Those Northern Ireland retailers can and do retail in the South. The product never needs to go across the Border at all. It can work through a Northern Ireland merchant and arrive on a farm in the South without ever crossing the Border.