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)

Photo of Michael McNamaraMichael McNamara (Clare, Independent)
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If a system were to be introduced whereby people had to get a prescription and then go to a pharmacist with that prescription, it is quite obvious that there would be a huge increase in people going online or picking up the telephone and ordering from Northern Ireland for it to arrive in the courier's van the next day. The merchants in Northern Ireland would be committing absolutely no offence by doing that. If it were to be-----