asked the Minister for Agriculture if he will make a statement on the use of chloramphenicol by members of the veterinary profession.

Veterinary surgeons are exempted from the provisions of the 1974 regulations prohibiting the sale of chloramphenicol except under licence. A veterinarian may either supply the drug for the treatment of an animal under his care or furnish a prescription under which a pharmacist can sell the drug to the person named in the prescription.