Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 21 May 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Veterinary Practices: Discussion

Mr. Peadar Ó Scanaill:

I will ask Ms Muldoon to speak on this question. We are in contact with UCD, and a question on this was asked very early this afternoon. We are in regular contact with UCD and we have made contact with it to state we find that fewer and fewer vets are available. Jobs have been advertised in large animal work but there have been no applicants for them, whereas there have been plenty of applicants for small animal or equine work. It is very difficult to change this. When people qualify as vets we cannot tell them where they must work. We recognised there was a need to do something. As I have said, the market is correcting itself but we recognise the issue and we will not just sit back. We would like to go visiting and we will explore that possibility. I will now hand over to Ms Muldoon, the registrar, because, in fairness, this is just unfolding as part of our strategy.

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