Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 28 September 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion
Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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I will refer the questions on the timeframe and how it works to the secretariat, if that is all right with the Vice Chairman. I am not an expert but I have just given my understanding.
Regarding the Veterinary Council of Ireland, I have no objection to its representatives coming in but they were adamant two or three years ago that their interpretation of the legislation was correct and corporates were now allowed to buy up veterinary practices. I have no objection to their coming in and the committee having the opportunity to question them, if that is the committee's decision.