Michael Ring
Ceist:809. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when certification will issue to a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40252/20]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 1 December 2020
Ceisteanna (809)
Freagraí scríofa
Biocidal products may only be marketed and used in Ireland once they are registered with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and are entered on the “Product Register” in accordance with Regulation 20 of Statutory Instrument 427 of 2013.
On 3 August 2020, applications for two biocidal products bearing the trade names referred to were received by my Department. Updates to the applications (i.e. fully completed, signed application forms) were received on 13 October 2020. The following day 14 October, officials from my Department acknowledged receipt of the applications and as these are air sanitising/misting products, further information/data in relation to the human health safety aspects of the products was requested from the applicant. To date, this information/data has not been received. A further product application from the same company was received by my Department on 13 October and this will also be acknowledged and processed in due course. All applications received for registration of biocidal products are processed in chronological order.
You will appreciate, therefore, that processing times for these applications are running longer than usual. However, in order to expedite the processing of outstanding applications, additional staff resources have been allocated to this area of activity.
The application fees for such applications are €300 per product and to date no payments have been received by my Department in relation to any of the above mentioned applications.