Dr. Alan Wall:

That is not a recommendation we have made deliberately at this point. We have segmented the process, to an extent. First, we have asked if a course can be provided. What kind of course will it be? How will it be funded? What will it look like and what kind of model will be used? Once we run the rule over that and the veterinary council says it would be viable, it will move onto the next stage, which is the Government. We will interact at that point. On a professional level, the institutions will be talking to the Veterinary Council of Ireland. At our level, in the HEA, we will begin to talk about the issues raised by the Senator around entry, and what other things can be done. We have made it clear there is an issue around professional practice. There is a view about how people get in. That is fine. The CAO is probably the dominant mode of doing this. There could be places, as I think there are in UCD, where bachelor in agricultural science students can go across. There could be a use of broader things equivalent to HPAT. We are open to all of those. We are not dogmatic about that. It will depend on a conversation between us and the institutions once we get to that point, if that makes sense.