Mr. Peadar Ó Scanaill:

There is cross-Border practice recognition so animals from one side can be treated on the other. It is restricted in terms of medicine usage, medicines carried and prescribed. There is an allowance for cross-Border practices but, in fairness, as the registrar has said, by the letter of the law — we do not want to refer to boats coming into harbours north of the Border or south of the Border — to practice veterinary medicine in this State one must be practising either with one's own certificate of suitability attached to a premises in the Republic or one's name must be on the certificate. The certificate would have the certificate holder's name in addition to all the other vets and nurses attached. One would have to be attached or be the holder.