Trade Data

Tuesday, 27 January 2026

Questions (788)

Pearse Doherty

Question:

788. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in regard to EU Regulation 2019/6 and cross-Border veterinary trade, the specific co-operative measures his Department is implementing to minimise trade disruptions for Border-based retailers; the way these protections will be codified to ensure the "seamless" trade promised under the Good Friday Agreement, GFA, strand 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5823/26]

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Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Under EU Regulation 2019/6, matters pertaining to retail of Veterinary Medicinal Products (VMPs) are left to the discretion of national authorities. The national regulations governing retail are the Veterinary Medicinal Products Regulations 2014 S.I. 462/2024. A licensed retailer may only sell the products that they are licensed to sell and a purchaser must meet the conditions of possession and use set out in their own jurisdiction.