Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 421: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the animal remedies consultative committee within his Department still functions; the membership and budget available to this committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41351/09]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The Animal Remedies Consultative Committee is provided for under the Animal Remedies Act 1993 "to advise and assist the Minister for Agriculture Fisheries and Food in the making of regulations" under that Act. The current nine-member Committee was appointed for a four-year term by the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on 29 April 2009. Seven of these appointments, however, are made, as prescribed by Section 3(2)(a) of the Act, on the basis of nominations by various institutions and stakeholders. In line with its remit, the Committee will be convened when regulations are being made under the Act. A budget of €2,000 was provided in 2009 for expenditure arising from activities of the Committee.