Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 24 September 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion
Mr. Peadar Ó Scanaill:
If the holder of the certificate, that is, the person responsible for the provision of the services at and from that premises, is in contract, part-contract or partnership with a fourth party or rents from them, he or she will have insisted on clinical autonomy before entering that relationship. We included that requirement in the code, which they must uphold. If the certificate holder has some difficulty, he or she must draw the attention of the other party to their requirements as guaranteed in their contract. If the licenceholder finds he or she does not have the power to do so, he or she can alert us. We would immediately have concerns about the certificate applying to that premises as somebody, a fourth party, would be coming onto the pitch. We would strongly advise that either they sort it out, or the registrant, who applied for the certificate, applies to another premises and continues with the service.
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