Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 10 May 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

New School of Veterinary Medicine: Discussion

Dr. Alan Wall:

What happens in a professional qualification for a vet is that you are a vet. You can deal with a wide range of animals across the spectrum that you expect to encounter in an Irish practice. There is not such a thing as an undergraduate course on large or small animals. You have to qualify as a vet. In the conversations we have had, the universities who have applied understand that very well. They have seen the syllabuses used abroad. It is not an issue that comes up for us.