Tim Lombard (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

On the majority of farms in Ireland, whether those are dairy or beef, there is a regular vet calling at certain times of the year, depending on how it works out. However, on the sheep farmer element, that is probably the one stage where we do not have that regular vet call on a herd test etc. Does Mr. Corkery think that that will be an extra cost? Is the veterinary power there? I will give an example of Glengarriff which is a wonderful part of the world, on Beara Peninsula, which is approximately the same size as Louth, or slightly smaller. One vet covers that entire peninsula. Geographically, with that kind of scenario for a farming base that is down there, is it going to put an extra burden on an already - and no offence now - ageing population of vets that we have there at the moment?