Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The obligation is the same. A farmer must keep an accurate record of the fertiliser on his or her farm so he or she must ensure that it is registered and on the record. What will happen, where somebody purchases fertiliser in the Republic, is that the information will be uploaded primarily by the retailer from whom the farmer purchases the fertiliser. Obviously my Department has no legal remit in the Six Counties so we cannot put a legal obligation on the sellers in the North to upload the information on behalf of the farmer and the farmer must register, and upload, the information himself or herself. Is the Deputy saying that we should do nothing until there is a national database? I am not sure what he is proposing.