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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)

Tim Lombard: We always were. I call Deputy Martin Browne.

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)

Tim Lombard: Is that on the fertiliser 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)

Tim Lombard: I thank the gentlemen for their presentation. I will ask a few minor questions. Mr. Carroll mentioned fertiliser coming down from the North, which is a significant issue. Can he elaborate on the actual process? He mentioned that there could be stuff coming down to the South; for example, straw could be traded for a load of fertiliser going back. The potential route for the majority of...

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)

Tim Lombard: You could have a scenario where you are dealing with a monetary issue with a supplier in the North and it could be coming through a port like Waterford or even Cork, and coming straight to your farmyard.

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)

Tim Lombard: So technically the fertiliser I get on my farm, which comes directly from the port, could be the exact same scenario but just ran through a Northern Ireland merchant, and it would never be picked up by the actual register itself.

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)

Tim Lombard: That is a very significant issue when we look at what we are trying to achieve here. I realise there is an all-island dimension and an issue with the Department, but we hope to have the Minister here towards the end of October and this is one of the issues that we will have to raise. A loophole like that would make it unworkable. Mr. Carroll mentioned the actual register. We have all...

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)

Tim Lombard: This is like the criteria applied for Roundup in the past few years. There were special criteria for lower amounts of Roundup. Perhaps Roundup is not the right terminology but it was for that kind of product. Would the representatives be hoping that a certain parameter of that nature could be included in the legislation?

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)

Tim Lombard: Will Mr. Doyle elaborate on the whole issue of what happened in January? In January a scenario was brought in around farmers accessing antibiotics. Perhaps Mr. Doyle could cut to the chase but we are probably talking about mastitis tubes and dry-cow tubes and product of that nature that would have come through the co-operative movement. Some 90% of that trade would have left. Because 90%...

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)

Tim Lombard: Will Mr. Doyle elaborate on where the prescriptions for these proposed medicines are going at the moment? The system is not technically set up at the moment. We are looking at a scenario where I might turn up at a co-operative in Bandon, for example, to get my prescription. How does that process work now since the so-called "cloud" is not in place?

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)

Tim Lombard: And Mr. Doyle is hoping that this would be set up within a matter of weeks if there is no major change, and that it would be on 1 December?

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)

Tim Lombard: What is the possibility of that being reached? Is it limited?

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)

Tim Lombard: I thank Mr. Doyle.

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)

Tim Lombard: To add to Senator Daly's point, anyone who is trying to maintain a grass-based hurling or football pitch uses an exceptional amount of fertiliser two times in the year.

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)

Tim Lombard: I will leave the last word to Mr. Doyle.

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)

Tim Lombard: Okay. For the record, we have asked the Minister to appear before us. We hope he will do so before the end of next month. I believe a date has been suggested. We have also asked representatives of the veterinary establishment to appear before us. We are waiting for correspondence to come back. They will have the ability to respond to what was discussed this evening. I thank our...

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)

Tim Lombard: I welcome representatives from Teagasc here this afternoon, who will give us an update on their position regarding this matter. For courtesy, I will read the note on privilege. Witnesses giving evidence within the parliamentary precincts are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence given to the committee. This means that witnesses have full defence against any...

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)

Tim Lombard: I thank Mr. Dillon. That will definitely help the proceedings. That will help to move things forward.

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)

Tim Lombard: That is absolutely no problem.

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)

Tim Lombard: I compliment our guests on the quality of their presentation today. It was not formally read out but it will be in the committee's records. It is an informative piece of information. I will ask a few questions about where our guests believe Teagasc can play a role. As our guests said in their presentation, there is going to be a significant workload on advisors. Many farmers depend on...

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)

Tim Lombard: Are our guests worried?