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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (7 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: 462. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding provided to Horse Sport Ireland from 2016 to date in tabular form; the purpose of the allocation by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48866/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Policies (6 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: 176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered a ban on polyflurinated alkyl substances in food packaging; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48711/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Correspondence (6 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: 177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 865 of 28 September 2021, if he has conveyed to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment that there are shortages of labour in specific agricultural sectors; the sectors in this regard; if his Department did so in the context of a particular review; if his Department proposed a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products (Resumed): Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: I welcome our guests. It is good to have guests in the same room as us. This is the first occasion that has happened for a long time. Tá fáilte romhat go léir. I thank Dr. Corkery for his opening statement. In it he welcomed the committee's report on this issue. Which of the recommendations has the Department accepted and plans to implement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products (Resumed): Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: Really?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products (Resumed): Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: Dr. Corkery is referring to recommendation No. 6.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products (Resumed): Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: Recommendation No. 1 was: "... that the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine ensures the continuation of the existing network, which includes Licensed Merchants and Veterinary Pharmacists ...".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products (Resumed): Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: It continues: "... as a recognised route of supply ...".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products (Resumed): Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: Okay. Recommendation No. 3 was that the Department's legal advice "should be shared with all stakeholders impacted."

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products (Resumed): Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: Okay. In his opening statement, Dr. Corkery states: "... the main objectives of these new Regulations [include freeing] ... up availability of veterinary medicines across the EU ...". What is meant by that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products (Resumed): Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: How will that free up availability?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products (Resumed): Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: That is as a result of the veterinary medicines regulation. That regulation was agreed at a European level in 2019, is that right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products (Resumed): Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: Ireland supported the regulations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products (Resumed): Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: Did Dr. Corkery know at that stage these issues would be created with licensed merchants and responsible persons?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products (Resumed): Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products (Resumed): Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: I have to say this is the longest answer to a "Yes" or "No" question I have ever come across. It is very interesting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products (Resumed): Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: Dr. Corkery was. The follow-on question was whether or not the Government sought to amend the regulations, which clearly it did not because it did not foresee this would be an issue. We have been dealing with this issue pertaining to the concerns around the derogation. In the Department's briefing circulated to us, I think, at the end of April, it mentioned the chief veterinary officer...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products (Resumed): Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: Is Dr. Corkery saying the chief veterinary officer wrote to the European Commission to ask whether Ireland would be able to avail of a derogation that did not exist?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products (Resumed): Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products (Resumed): Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: Okay.