Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 10 May 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

New School of Veterinary Medicine: Discussion

Photo of Michael FitzmauriceMichael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

In the construction area, some of the universities in the UK that would be renowned as the top of the top, that the smartest of the so-called "smartest" went to, would look down on maybe a regional technical colleges, as we called them at one time. I would have seen engineers coming out from what they would call "the ordinary place" that would be as good, if not better. In the points game, while, obviously, people are very good at the subjects they are doing, there may be people more suited, not only to veterinary but to every profession. Would Dr. Wall agree that that needs to be balanced? For example, I have a daughter and the Poland interviews were going on a few weeks ago. She knows that she will not get enough points here. She is getting ready. They have accepted her. She will be going to Poland. It is sad to see that we are exporting our own to other countries to do the course. They will be coming back here, with the help of God, to work when they are qualified. However, that is a totally different system where the applicants are interviewed. I accept there are criteria to be met. What is Dr. Wall's view on that?

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