Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I was at the ploughing championships when the announcement was made and a large number of families and students came to ask about this course. As the Minister said, many students left the country to study veterinary but now that we have this course, there are extra places in the south east, and I am only focusing on the south east. Information should be given to students when they are doing their leaving certificate as to when they can apply and so on. It is important that students who are interested in veterinary know this is happening, although I know many do. We need to give out the information through the colleges. This is a great news story and I thank everyone involved. It is another game changer for the south east.

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