Peter Cleere (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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I have serious worries about the unintended consequences of this particular statutory instrument and the fact that we could potentially lose hundreds, if not thousands of jobs in rural Ireland, in towns and villages like those I and other members here represent. That is something that we absolutely do not want to see happening. The service that the merchants provide to rural Ireland must be acknowledged. This situation is not acceptable.

It was mentioned earlier that the prescription business is worth €400 million per year, with €300 million of that with veterinary practices and €100 million with others. What would that have been prior to this particular statutory instrument?