Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is vital that this happens. We have an excellent veterinary school in UCD but we only have one in the country. We have a particular acuity in terms of access to veterinary services and to veterinarians, often in rural and regional Ireland. As the Deputy rightly says, three projects have been identified, including one in Mountbellew, one in Limerick and one in Kildalton. The Minister for agriculture and the Minister for further and higher education are working together on this. I will get the Deputy a specific timeframe but I am very eager to see a conclusion brought to this issue.

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