Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We must move this issue into the 21st century. I have no problem with an additional clause being inserted indicating that advice can be given on site by telephone or electronic means. One could ring up a vet, he or she asks a few questions and then issues advice. As the Minister knows, that happens all the time in extreme and urgent situations. If a vet does not know the answer, he or she rings a colleague.