Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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654. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware if pregnant mare serum gonadotrophin is being used or produced in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2961/23]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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There are five products, authorised for use in Ireland, that contain Pregnant Mare Serum Gonadotrophin (PMSG) also known as Equine Serum Gonadotrophin (eCG).

It should be noted that the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) which is a state body under the aegis of the Department of Health, is the competent authority for the authorisation of (human and) veterinary medicines in Ireland. The HPRA has advised my Department however that the listing of an authorised veterinary medicinal products on its database does not automatically mean that the products listed, are available, or being actively marketed and used here.

I am advised that the active substance PMSG is not produced in Ireland. According to the HPRA, Ireland has never been a source of the active substance, and if it were to be produced here it would have to be regulated under Directive 2010/63/EC and would come under the remit of the HPRA’s scientific animal protection service. The HPRA have confirmed that they have not given any licence for this purpose.