Tim Lombard (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Regarding the programmes the colleges have been putting together on the educational profile, what input will the Veterinary Council of Ireland have in making sure those programmes are appropriate to the needs of vets? I refer not so much to the health and safety as to the mental health of our veterinary professionals. We have an unfortunate suicide rate in the service. They are one-man-bands in the sense they are in a van going from A to B to C. They are meeting farmers who could be distressed on occasion, depending on how it goes. It could be a bad TB test or something else that can happen on a farm. What input will the council have to the education platform that is put in place to make sure those issues are addressed?