Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 11 June 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food

Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion

2:00 am

Photo of Paul LawlessPaul Lawless (Mayo, Aontú)
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In terms of a happy medium when it comes to approach, was there any consideration at Department level as regards the targeted advisory service on animal health, the TASAH scheme whereby a vet could prescribe non-therapeutics at a particular point and then allow, for example, the farmer to purchase the medicines wherever he sees fit? Was that ever considered in this regard?