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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 December 2020

Tuesday, 15 December 2020

Questions (644)

Michael Fitzmaurice

Question:

644. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the personnel who carry out a desktop review of products for entry onto the Biocidal Product Registers are sufficiently qualified and experienced in chemistry and regulatory techniques and procedures; if they are appropriately competent in interpreting the safety data sheets for the active ingredient, co-formulants and impurity profiles of toxicological significance of the applicant products for entry on the Biocidal Product Registers; the minimum academic and laboratory qualifications required for the personnel deployed for this work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42852/20]

Written answers

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Notified biocidal products containing active substances which have not yet been approved under the applicable EU regulations are subject to our national system of biocidal product registrations in accordance with Article 89 of the EU Biocidal Products Regulation.

Registration of such products requires a review of information prescribed by the Pesticide Controls Division of my Department and which must be submitted by the product applicant.

This includes:

- Information on the active substance in the product

- Information on all other ingredients contained in the product

- Safety data sheets for the final product

- A proposed label that will be used when the product is placed on the market.

Evaluation of all applications for registration of biocidal products are carried out by the Pesticides Control division of my Department. Standard operating procedures are in place for specially trained staff which ensures that only products which meet the prescribed data requirements are placed on the biocidal product register.