Lynn Boylan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I do not think there would be any resistance here to that.

Nobody at any point is saying that we do not want rescue dogs to receive the same standard of veterinary care. Nobody is denying that the cost-of-living crisis affects vets, veterinary nurses and veterinary practices. At no point has anybody said that. In fact, we all accept that we are in a cost-of-living crisis and that inflation is running at about 12%, but what we are hearing is that veterinary costs have gone up by a minimum of 50%. An extra cost has gone on in respect of veterinary. I am interested to hear why that is the case. Why are veterinary costs being more impacted than every other cost and every other small business? Hoteliers, restaurants, cafes – everybody has to pay their staff and to deal with the rising cost of inflation but veterinary costs seem to have become an outlier with increases of between 50% and 60%.