Mr. Daragh Quinn:

I appreciate Deputy Ring's comments and his recognition of my pharmacy colleagues. As Mr. O'Shea said, the responsible persons were open right through Covid. It was a challenging time for this country but pharmacists, responsible persons, and all those professions stood up and were counted. They were available when this country needed them. Sometimes in life, one just has to stand up and be counted. The EU has implemented this regulation. There is an onus on us as a country to provide data back to Europe about the use of antimicrobial and antiparasitic medicines. There is a responsibility there. However, sometimes we feel we go above and beyond the requirements in implementing these regulations in Ireland. Many other European countries have taken different approaches to implementing the regulation, such as in Northern Ireland and the Scandinavian countries, and it has been seamless. There are other models that can be applied that will work. It has been well discussed already.