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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 (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: The United Kingdom is a country with greater resources than Ireland and its much larger mission in Brussels was reflective of those resources, until the time it decided it had such great resources that it would leave the European Union, which was its sovereign decision. Would it be fair to say, in general terms, that if the UK entered a derogation on any legislation, be it on justice or home...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: Have those prescriptions covered a duration of 12 months?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: In the cases of all the prescriptions required for the antiparasitics, for which many were not required, the prescription was of 12 months' duration.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: The question is whether the veterinary prescriptions, which were issued for that number of years, were of 12 months' duration.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: Is that Irish legislation as opposed to EU 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 (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: Is it then at the discretion of the veterinarian writing the prescription?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: As to whether we continue with a prescription of up to 12 months, which has the benefit of a certain degree of practicality, how does that compare to the practices in other European states in respect of antiparasitic prescriptions? We are told the plan is for antiparasitic prescriptions to be of 12 months' duration. How does that compare to the practice in other EU states?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: Legally, that is true, but what is the practice? Usually, if laws are revised, they come to reflect practices. Will we move to a situation in which we have antiparasitic prescriptions of 12 months' duration now, but when legislation is revised, as is always the case, we will be looking at durations of a month or five days?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: I suppose France is our nearest EU neighbour now. What do they do in Normandy and Brittany, which are similar to us?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: As we have an open border with Northern Ireland, it is perfectly lawful for any general merchant in Northern Ireland to sell antiparasitics, which can be delivered to any farm here. Has it been considered that we might actually drive it underground and instead of having a greater control of and accountability around antiparasitics, we might end up with less? That is my last question. There...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: It is therefore illegal at the moment, if you have a prescription in Monaghan, to go across the Border and apply it in Fermanagh.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: Whether it is antimicrobials or antiparasitics, if you have a prescription from a vet in the South, can you go across the Border and buy it lawfully and bring it back?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: But they will all be licensed here one way or the other.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: Then they are not committing any offence by selling it to a farmer in Cork, Kerry, Clare or wherever without a prescription.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: Has the Department-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: I thank the Chairman.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: Yesterday I asked the Taoiseach about the transfer of Shannon Heritage sites to Clare County Council. He said he had recently met the county manager. The Taoiseach continued: ... the manager basically identified that there was a funding gap from his perspective. I have spoken to the Minister about it and the Minister is working on this with all the stakeholders to try to get this...

Public Transport: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: I support the motion and thank my colleague, Deputy Pringle, for putting it before the House. The Green Party is heavily shaping Government policy. The mantra, of course, is that we should move to public transport. There has been a lot of discussion about penalising the use of cars through congestion charges, etc. Uniquely, we are talking about penalising people before alternatives are in...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Flexible Work Practices (5 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: 45. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons within his Department who are working remotely on a part-time or full-time basis in County Clare in tabular form. [48743/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Staff (5 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: 48. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons within his Department who are working remotely on a part-time or full-time basis in County Clare in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48732/22]