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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This is the question I am asking. If the current system whereby a person can go to a merchant for antiparasitics or an antibiotic, etc. is removed, does anyone on the panel think we are not going to see a huge increase in people ordering from Northern Ireland, thereby completely defeating the purpose of the regulation?