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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)

Martin Heydon: I will bring in Mr. Corkery on that specific 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 (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Martin Heydon: I thank the Deputy for those points. We only last week received the latest legal opinion which was mentioned. It is very new and we want to give it the due consideration it deserves because this topic is so important. We will have a decision on that as soon as we can. Should pre-legislative scrutiny be passed allowing the legislative process to start and if the Department were to find...

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)

Martin Heydon: We are in the hands of the committee.

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)

Martin Heydon: I thank the Deputy for his points. The point about the 12-month duration of the prescription is new here as well. I was not aware that had not been discussed previously. It is back to the main point. The priority is to ensure whatever regulation passed here meets the regulatory requirements it needs to meet. We need to do that in a way that gives farmers the greatest choice and tries to...

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)

Martin Heydon: Yes. We cannot avail of the derogation because of the status of the HPRA judgment.

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)

Martin Heydon: I will ask Dr. Corkery to comment on that.

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)

Martin Heydon: Ireland's PastureBase system would not be comparable with all other EU countries that would have different systems.

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)

Martin Heydon: Different laws and regulations apply in Northern Ireland and Ireland across all economic activity, and authorities on both sides of the Border work in a co-operative manner to ensure national laws are respected. In Ireland, it is only legal to buy and use veterinary medicines obtained from suppliers who are licensed in accordance with national 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)

Martin Heydon: Does Dr. Fanning want to come in on that?

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)

Martin Heydon: I might bring in Dr. Corkery on that particular point.

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)

Martin Heydon: I thank the Deputy for those points. His views are passionately held. He was saying he was following the committee earlier. He would have seen in my earlier presentation that as recently as last week we received a new legal opinion from stakeholders. We are giving that due consideration to see if there is any way around this. Ultimately, we want to strike the right balance and ensure...

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)

Martin Heydon: I thank the Deputy for raising those points. She outlined them well. I am going to go to the officials, especially Dr. Corkery and Mr. Collins, to answer some of her specific questions on the percentage of prescriptions and the vets element. Let me bring it back to the start. The process here and the reason we are doing this is to ensure we have the best possible health standards for...

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)

Martin Heydon: I want to clarify the point about a reply to a possible parliamentary question.

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)

Martin Heydon: Is the Deputy asking about medicines that do not need 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)

Martin Heydon: Yes, they can be acquired across the Single Market if they are medicines that do not require a prescription. Medicines that do not require a prescription can be acquired across the Single Market.

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)

Martin Heydon: I thank Deputy Browne for raising those points. I will deal first with the intra-mammary tubes. Similar points were raised here earlier. As I pointed out, they are antibiotics and they are subject to a prescription that has a five-day life span. That is as long as a prescription for an antibiotic would last. What is proposed here for a new prescription for antiparasitics is a 12-month...

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)

Martin Heydon: As I outlined earlier, we are not sitting in the dark about the Attorney General's advice. As recently as last week we received a new legal opinion from stakeholders. As I pointed out earlier, if I came in here tonight and said, "We had a quick look at it, we are not accepting it and we are not giving it the due consideration that it is worth", then we would be having a different discussion...

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)

Martin Heydon: As soon as we can but we want to ensure we give the advice due consideration. We are all aware of the time pressure concerning this legislation, and not just for this element but for the fertiliser element, which we will discuss later. That directly impacts on farmers in respect of the range of options they will have, for the eco schemes that they can join and all the rest. The...

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)

Martin Heydon: I thank the Senator for his questions and Dr. Corkery will answer the questions about an annual prescription and decoupling.

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)

Martin Heydon: I will come back to a previous point. Obviously, the Chairman's points about the responsible person are valid. They were echoed by other members of committee. We are looking at the latest legal opinion to see if we can make that work. Outside of that, pre-legislative scrutiny is all about having these types of detailed debates around impediments where the Department officials, as very...