Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Can it not be made mandatory that a practice has to be owned by a certified veterinary inspector or vet? It is fine if it is the bank or whoever. We are not talking about that. We are talking about hidden money coming in from overseas conglomerates. Can we not make sure the person who is paid is either an employee of a vet, or a vet who owns a practice? If we do not provide for such a requirement, we will place much of the country in danger. Big business is big business, whether we like it or not. We are going to see people in some areas of this country having to travel 50 miles to access a vet.