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

Ms Caroline Garvan:

As I tried to explain, however, the products that are currently being prescribed would not be supplied generally by a licensed retailer. As a result, so why would they get the prescription? That is my point. The products that are up there now are predominantly antibiotics, which are used to treat diseases during the spring. They are never supplied by a licensed retailer so they would not be dispensed by them.