Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 24 May 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
New School of Veterinary Medicine: Discussion (Resumed)
Mairéad Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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I am quite interested in the fact that so many do not want to go into the farm side of things. The constituency I represent has Connemara and the islands. The islands often have issues in terms of getting teachers. Getting doctors is a big issue and two of the islands share a doctor and two doctors come from South Africa on a rotational basis. Is anything like that available for more rural areas that might not have access to vets?