Michael Colreavy (Sligo-North Leitrim, Sinn Fein)

Sinn Féin supports the amendment but I wish to raise a point of clarification for the Minister. As veterinary technology and training improve, the number and range of procedures that can be performed by those who are not vets will continue to expand. Would it not be preferable to include the list of exempted procedures as a Schedule to the Bill rather than in the Bill itself? The inclusion of the procedures within the Bill means that the inevitable expansion of the procedures covered will have to be debated in the Dáil.

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