Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 5 October 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 (Resumed)

Mr. Ollie Ryan:

I refer to our interaction with the Department on the roll-out of the national veterinary prescription system, NVPS. The responsible persons and merchants have widely engaged with and are embracing the roll-out of the new NVPS. It is a great leap forward in technology. On the regulation side, we have had many meetings with them and they recognise the problems with the regulation going forward. They are working towards a solution on that with us. I cannot give a timeframe on that, but we are working with them on this at the moment.