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. Barry Larkin:

The primary manufacturer may have a better idea. I only deal with merchants in the south of the country. A number of primary manufacturers based in Northern Ireland have lines with agri-retailers up there. No doubt, there is a commercial incentive for that to happen more. It is creating more of a black market. It is a bit like the smokey coal or bale wrap situations whereby there is a levy here but not across the Border.