Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Is there practical evidence to underline the points made from cases in the past that showed blockages in the system regarding employment of professionals in this jurisdiction? On the one hand, there have been several controversial issues in recent years and it appears that permission should not have been granted by whatever means for some professionals who ended up on the wrong side of the law. Will the Minister shed some light on that? We all deal with these cases from time to time but we tend to move on afterwards and take it as read but still they come up again. In veterinary practice, it is almost like getting the proverbial camel through the eye of a needle because the profession protects itself but that does not necessarily protect standards, even though there is a severe shortage of practitioners. Are we satisfied that the questions that arose are now being fully addressed?