Results 161-180 of 312 for speaker:William Aird
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
William Aird: How does the VMPMFFR Act 2023 affect the responsibilities and compliance requirements of veterinary professionals and animal health practitioners?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
William Aird: The clock has gone down. Can you keep an eye on the clock. Is it on there? It is very hard to monitor 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)
William Aird: What are the implications of the Act for farmers and agricultural production in terms of excess medicated feed?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
William Aird: There is no one to answer those questions; that is grand. What safeguards or provisions are in place to protect public health, animal welfare and environmental sustainability under the new regulations?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
William Aird: What supports or transitional measures are provided for smaller stakeholders, for example small-scale farmers or feed producers, to adapt to the new regulatory requirements?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
William Aird: Will we have this advice on every farm by a veterinary surgeon?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
William Aird: How will the 30,000 be picked?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
William Aird: If it is oversubscribed, what happens?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
William Aird: If it is closed and the farmer is not in it, what happens? Will he ring the vet and the vet will tell him it will cost €200 to do that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
William Aird: What does Mr. Geraghty mean by "with their own vet"? I have a vet who comes to my yard. I know all about the dry-cow tube thing. It is possible to get samples through Tirlán or whoever supplies them and we are able to have selected therapy. I know all that. We are doing all that. We do not need people like Mr. Geraghty coming in here to tell us that. I am concerned about the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
William Aird: What is the allowance? Mr. Geraghty needs to be quick because my time is going and I have loads of questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
William Aird: The vet does not have to go to the farm every time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
William Aird: All right. The IBRs and Bovipast that I have been used to giving my calves will be gone. Who will have to determine that? Do I just ring the vet or do I do a dung sample and send it off and it will come back through Veterinary Ireland to tell me?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
William Aird: I can still get them from the place to where I always got them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
William Aird: I ask Mr. Geraghty to give an example.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
William Aird: So, the Ivomecs of this world, the white doses and liquid doses all need them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
William Aird: When we want that, we ring the vet. Can the vet then say he will provide the Ivomec? Does he need to come out and look at the animals or what is going on?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
William Aird: What does Mr. Geraghty and his colleagues 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)
William Aird: What is other proper-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
William Aird: I am entitled to try to establish this. I am a member of the Oireachtas committee. At the moment, I can ring my vet and ask the question. If I ring my vet on this, will I be charged every time? Is there a call-out charge?