Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 24 May 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

New School of Veterinary Medicine: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Ian Fleming:

There are issues here, as can be seen. The impact of Covid-19 in 2020 affected the numbers because of the lack of travel opportunities. This meant we went way down in the number of vets who came in from foreign parts. We then went above the averages. If we were drawing a straight line across the top of the chart, we would see the rising numbers meant we went above it. We went above it even more in 2022. Is this situation going to continue or will the numbers level off? These are things we do not know. In respect of doing this, 40 places will not show anything on that graph, whereas having 100 places will show a huge improvement-----

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