Paul Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We do not need clarification from the Department. What the Department is doing is black and white. The clarification must come from the Veterinary Council of Ireland. How is the council going to get over this hurdle? The Department is very clear that it will only pay an employer and it will only pay a veterinary practitioner. I am asking the Veterinary Council of Ireland how corporate-owned practices draw down payment for TB testing and whether this means that such practices will not be providing TB testing services in future. If the VCI has no role in terms of ownership issues, then that is a major stumbling block which must be overcome. The council will have to find some way around it.