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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disease Management (10 Jun 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 1107. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a farmer carries out tests on cows, heifers and calves and they test positive for Johne's disease if the animals are culled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29514/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disease Management (10 Jun 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 1108. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a farmer carries out tests on cows, heifers and calves and they test positive for Johne's disease the financial support system for farmers who have to get their herd tested for this disease, have to get rid of a percentage of their breeding stock, have to continually and periodically treat and medicate these animals; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (10 Jun 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 1119. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2024 ACRES payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29824/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Priorities (10 Jun 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 1281. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give the approval for the drug givinostat to be permitted for treatment to patients suffering with Duchene muscular dystrophy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29042/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (10 Jun 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 1546. To ask the Minister for Health if, in light of a recent Mental Health Commission report that has confirmed that general emergency departments are failing people in a mental health crisis every day, he will support the development of a mental accident-and-emergency departments to support people who is in a mental health crisis such as that seen in the NHS; and if she will make a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Right. That is one of the major stumbling blocks and needs sorting. Do the witnesses agree?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I put this to Mr. Doyle because he is on the co-op side of it. Co-ops have a tendency. There is a fear among farmers - I will be clear on this because I have to call it straight - that co-ops want a dairy man to buy the milk, fertiliser, meal and everything. Was there a danger that if co-ops got too much control, they would have everyone pushed into the one corner of buying everything off...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Mr. O'Shea reckons there could be 500 to 600 outfits or individuals lost if this goes the route it is going at the moment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Is that with the new legislation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Even if it was changed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I mean before now. I am not talking about now. When this was starting off, was there any engagement on resolving it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: If you do a faecal sample-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: First, under the previous and current programmes for Government, every decision must be rural approved. Has this been rural approved?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The consequences of this legislation. Obviously not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Okay. That is grand. The Department said it looked at 85,000 prescriptions. A total of 84,915 have come in. Does that not give the Department an indication that it needs to wait until next January at least to see what the balance is and that it cannot jump in? At the moment, there are 84,915 to the vets, 85 to the merchants. Does that not worry the Department? Should it not wait...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: There are no consequences for the job.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: "Yes" or "No" is all I want.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Why not?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Except that farmers will be paying for a prescription.