Dr. Paul Corkery:

Yes. These were new products that thankfully came on to the market. They were not used that frequently because we did not have much evidence of resistance. There would not have been many farmers going to their vet saying they did not believe the antiparasitic medicine was working. However, it did happen. Teagasc has stated it is using antiparasitic medicine on farms. There are new research papers on these new medicines and, for a number of years, they could only be issued on foot of a veterinary prescription.