Mr. Jimmy Quinn:

The Deputy is right. To produce a different outcome, one has to adopt a different method of education. One thing UL has committed to is the distributed hybrid model, similar to what is running in the most recent UK schools, whereby there is more practitioner involvement in the education, to include embedded periods of student experience with affiliated practices. UL has signed a number of memorandums of understanding with XLVets, which is the biggest independent assembly of mixed animal veterinary practices in the country. It also has organisations such as Linnaeus, in which Mr. Moriarty is involved, on board. It has Coolmore as a centre of excellence for equine medicine. It also has local practitioners, including Rockhall Vets, running five small animal clinics across Limerick city. UL would be able to provide extensive placement on the front line for students if there were a new school there.