Ms Niamh Muldoon:

Absolutely, because the standards and the delivery of veterinary medicine are exactly our area of focus. For example, the provision of 24-hour care is linked to the licence to each veterinary premises licensed by the council around the country, all 752 of them. The provision of 24-hour care is linked to that licence, as other matters can be. It is absolutely the case that the standard of the service delivered is something we would be interested in.