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

Mr. McHugh has missed my point entirely. Maybe it was my articulation of it. We have looked at the California Department of Consumer Affairs, which has adjudicated on this scenario, which has become widespread there. We have seen what happened in Britain, which apparently has not formed any part of the commission's deliberation. There is a need to analyse how vets currently operate and the prospect of a system dominated by non-vet corporate entities. I believe if the commission were to approach that with the concerns of the consumers at the centre of its deliberations, the officials would have a very different position today.