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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: When is it likely to become live?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: The standout question relates to the lack of competition if we do not put some better mitigation measures in place. Has ICOS been in contact with Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, CCPC, on this issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: The witnesses' responses will be very useful in our further deliberations. I have some questions on the fertiliser register. Is ICOS opposed to people from one jurisdiction buying fertiliser in another?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: Essentially a single database.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: Is Mr. Carroll in a position to estimate what the margin of error would be if this does not happen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: I agree that seeking an all-Ireland solution makes eminent sense. Notwithstanding the example Mr. Carroll gave, in my county a farmer's nearest merchant might be across the Border. I share his view that it is difficult to see how this will serve the purpose for which it is intended without having an all-Ireland dimension to it. Based on his interactions with the Department, does he believe...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: What is the ICOS position? Does it believe that this aspect of the legislation should not be enacted without that solution?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: We are all united Irelanders tonight.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: I appreciate that Teagasc has allowed us to take the statement as read. I do not know whether the representatives had been paying to the previous session. We ended on the need for essentially an all-island approach to both the NVPS and the fertiliser register. ICOS was here before us and it indicated that neither will work effectively if there are two distinct systems and operations in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: I suppose the crux of the concerns we have relates to responsible persons and whether those who were previously designated as responsible persons within licensed merchants under the 2007 legislation should be able to continue to dispense these products. Does Teagasc have a position on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: Yes, and antiparasitics.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: I will come back to the legal issues. Dr. Keane mentioned a task force of which Teagasc was a part. What was that task force?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: Was this a legal analysis the committee undertook?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: Okay. I presume there has to be a legal basis for that analysis.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: Before moving on to that issue, Dr. Keane mentioned there have been recorded cases of antiparasitic resistance. Is there any recorded analysis that would link that to the responsible persons model within the licensed merchant sector?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: This is important from our perspective, because we have been talking about the fact there will be North-South divergence. I do not want to put words in Dr. Keane's mouth, but the model that is applied in the North can work so far as all the other things in relation to public information and scrutiny are actually robust enough. Would that be a fair comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: Essentially, therefore, it goes back to the question of whether the responsible persons were actually prescribing as well as dispensing, which is where the derogation and the legal dispute comes in. The view from within the sector is that they absolutely were.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: The Department is stating categorically they were not. That is why the derogation could not be applied. I do not know if anyone here would be brave enough to indicate whether Teagasc has a view on whether they were or were not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: We are just trying to figure out where we can get an independent answer at all. That is our challenge.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: I wish to ask a final question. Perhaps others will go into it in more detail. It is a genuine concern I have in respect of animal welfare as a result of this being introduced. If a farmer does not have a long-standing prescription and encounters an issue, to resolve that issue he or she will have to go through a two-phase process. He or she will have to contact the vet and either...