Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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That is all I want to know. A happy medium needs to be found for the simple reason that we need vets. Farmers around the country need vets. In my part of the country, we get a good service, as do most places. We need the co-ops and the small operators like Colm Tully down my way to sell the dosing stuff. The pharmacies also do it. We need to strike a happy medium between all of them. I will be talking to the Department later.

There is a problem arising. If I had cattle and at the beginning of the year wanted to go in for the annual fluke and worms dose, it is not considered therapeutic. If I do a faecal sample, am I right in saying I have to have the prescription with it that the vet cannot give from afar? Is that the big problem?