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. Daragh Quinn:

The products are sometimes dual-licensed in that some of the products are licensed by the Health Products Regulatory Authority in the Republic of Ireland and also in Northern Ireland and the UK. However, Northern Ireland pharmacists or merchants are entitled to supply or prescribe to clients who are based in Northern Ireland. Clients coming from Southern Ireland, technically, according to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, should not be sourcing their products in Northern Ireland because-----