Mr. Peadar Ó Scanaill:

To clarify, we put four items in the code in this regard. One of them stipulates that a registrant must not enter any contract, partnership or arrangement of any type that in any way affects his or her ability to uphold the code, the regulations related to suitability, the Veterinary Practice Act 2005 or any regulations laid down by the Veterinary Council of Ireland. The provisions that went into the code following the stakeholder consultation are very powerful. For these purposes, the service is the veterinary practitioner providing the service, the user is the public and we are the regulator. There is nobody else on the pitch.