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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2021)
Matt Carthy: Then why did the council need to get four pieces of legal advice?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2021)
Matt Carthy: And all of which say the same thing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2021)
Matt Carthy: Prior to 2018, I take it that the Veterinary Council was satisfied that the veterinary services provided across Ireland were operating in an effective and efficient manner and were doing what the council needed them to do.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2021)
Matt Carthy: Ms Muldoon has mentioned a number of times that the council does not have information on the ownership of practices. She also mentioned that one of the council's roles was to receive confirmation of professional indemnity. To whom does the professional indemnity relate? Does it only relate to individual vets?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2021)
Matt Carthy: All individual vets have to do that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2021)
Matt Carthy: What about the actual practices in which vets operate? Are those obliged to have professional indemnity?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2021)
Matt Carthy: That is the point I am coming to. A number of practices would indicate to the council that, for example, the six vets working in them were all indemnified.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2021)
Matt Carthy: They have to be indemnified individually.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2021)
Matt Carthy: Would such indemnity insurance indicate who took out the policy?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2021)
Matt Carthy: All that those who are on the register are doing is telling the VCI they have this insurance.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2021)
Matt Carthy: The VCI does not actually seek evidence that they do.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2021)
Matt Carthy: That is a strange system, is it not?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2021)
Matt Carthy: If gardaí ask me for my driving licence, I can say it is okay and that I have one, but they will still want to see it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2021)
Matt Carthy: I thank the CCPC for being here today and for its submission and opening statement. The CCPC is the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission and I note that "consumer" is mentioned in the opening paragraph of the submission to outline the purpose of the organisation, but from that point on, the consumer is not mentioned again in the CCPC's reasons for objecting to this legislation. Am...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2021)
Matt Carthy: I am looking at the headings in the submission: "Unintended consequences"; "Competition and the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021"; "Irish Veterinary Sector"; and "Enhanced obligations on Veterinary Practices". Which of these relate to the consumer as opposed to the competition aspect of the CCPC's role?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2021)
Matt Carthy: In this instance and where our committee's remit is concerned, the consumer is the farmer. A number of parts of the country are not as well serviced by vets as others. Will Mr. McHugh point us towards the recommendations that the CCPC has brought to the Government to address these deficiencies in veterinary services?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2021)
Matt Carthy: That is fine. Mr. McHugh will know that this legislation would essentially revert the situation to an interpretation of the Veterinary Council that was in place from 2005 to 2018. The increases he referenced happened during a time the criterion was that a non-vet could not own a practice. In that time, did the CCPC make submissions or recommendations to the Veterinary Council or the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2021)
Matt Carthy: Is there an issue there, given that the Veterinary Council of Ireland can only regulate practising vets as opposed to non-vet owners of practices?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2021)
Matt Carthy: I understand. The previous interpretation of the Act was the cause of considerable debate at the previous committee and the reason for this legislation's introduction by Deputy Cahill. I was not party to those debates, so I apologise if some of my questions were answered then. Ms Muldoon referred to the historical interpretation that prevented a body corporate from becoming a veterinary...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2021)
Matt Carthy: I know.