Mr. Conor O'Mahony:

On the question about there being no greater danger in a responsible person prescribing than there is in an SQP or a vet, I reiterate we are faced with a situation at the moment, by virtue of the up-regulation of antiparasitics, that an RP is not currently allowed to prescribe prescription-only medicines, POMs, to which antiparasitics have been regulated. As the Minister of State stressed, we recently received a legal opinion from ICOS and the ILMA, which we will have to consider fully, and it may have consequences. Notwithstanding the study showing there may be no greater or less danger in an SQP prescribing, we are left in the reality of our legal position and of implementing the requirement that antiparasitics be up-regulated to POMs. That is our position at the moment.