Paul Lawless (Mayo, Aontú) | Oireachtas source

I thank the representatives from the Veterinary Council of Ireland and Veterinary Ireland for appearing before the committee. They are probably getting a sense that there is a concern here. We need to ensure that we address the issues in terms of the spread and so on. However, a monopoly will potentially arise. I understand that Dr. Caroline Garvan earlier advised that there were 85,000 prescriptions and only 87 of them were ultimately sold by merchants, which is 0.1%. With this increased level of work, do vets, particularly in rural areas, have the capacity to administer this? If these trends are consistent, it will create a huge workload.