Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 20 October 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Matt CarthyMatt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Okay. Take a scenario in which an area is currently being serviced by a couple of vets and a new entity driven by profit moves into the area. The vets who are operating are working for a non-vet whose objective is profit-making and they undercut the existing vets in the areas that are most profitable, usually small animal care, and increase charges for large animal care to the extent the existing vets cannot continue. What would the CCPC do in that instance?

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