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Veterinary Practice Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (29 Jun 2005)

Denis Naughten: I move amendment No. 13: In page 43, line 29, after "medicine" to insert the following: ", including the issue of prescriptions and prescription only medicines,". I do not accept the argument put forward by the Minister on Committee Stage for not accepting the amendment tabled on this matter. The veterinary profession is strongly lobbying that its practitioners should be the ones who would be...

Veterinary Practice Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (29 Jun 2005)

Denis Naughten: I dispute the Minister of State's interpretation and he is trying to use that argument to muddy the waters. I do not believe that is the situation. Section 57 makes it an offence for a registered person to employ an unregistered person to carry out practices that should normally be done by someone who is registered. The reality is that prescription-only veterinary medicines are being issued...

Veterinary Practice Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (29 Jun 2005)

Denis Naughten: I move amendment No. 14: In page 44, to delete lines 14 to 20 and substitute the following: "(3) Prior to making a regulation under subsection (1) or section 55(5) the Minister shall seek and obtain the approval of each House of the Oireachtas.".

Veterinary Practice Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (29 Jun 2005)

Denis Naughten: I support Deputy Upton's amendments. She has made a valid point. An ambiguity exists within the legislation which should be addressed. It is appropriate that it should be addressed in this manner. A person might be convicted of something that is completely unrelated and may have nothing to do with how he or she practises as a veterinary practitioner. While it may have no implications for...

Veterinary Practice Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (29 Jun 2005)

Denis Naughten: I move amendment No. 22: In page 67, to delete lines 38 and 39. The purpose of the amendments is to address an anomaly in the Bill. Under the legislation as framed, the Minister of State, a veterinary practitioner, surgeon, schoolteacher or any other professional may cross the road to help out a neighbour if one of his ewes is in difficulty lambing. A veterinary nurse is the only person who...

Veterinary Practice Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (29 Jun 2005)

Denis Naughten: Does the Minister of State accept that the question of body cavity creates a major anomaly in the system? We must all live in the real world in which we will experience increasing difficulty securing sufficient veterinary practitioners to service rural areas. The majority of veterinary practitioners who complete their training will move into small animal practice. In addition, elderly people...

Veterinary Practice Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (29 Jun 2005)

Denis Naughten: I move amendment No. 23: In page 67, after line 43, to insert the following: "(3) The Minister may, with the approval of each House of the Oireachtas, by regulation prescribe the minor medical procedures and minor surgery which may be carried out by a veterinary nurse.".

Veterinary Practice Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (29 Jun 2005)

Denis Naughten: I move amendment No. 24: In page 68, line 4, after "relates)" to insert the following: "or a procedure under section 55 under the direction of a veterinary practitioner".

Veterinary Practice Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (29 Jun 2005)

Denis Naughten: I move amendment No. 25: In page 68, to delete lines 42 to 44 and in page 69, to delete lines 1 to 4 and substitute the following: "(5) Prior to making a regulation under subsection (1) the Minister shall seek and obtain the approval of each House of the Oireachtas.". This has been discussed ad infinitum.

Veterinary Practice Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (29 Jun 2005)

Denis Naughten: I move amendment No. 26: In page 76, to delete lines 36 to 42 and substitute the following: "(3) Prior to making a regulation under this section or section 102 the Minister shall seek and obtain the approval of each House of the Oireachtas.".

Veterinary Practice Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (29 Jun 2005)

Denis Naughten: I agree with Deputy Upton, particularly on her last point. Whatever about bringing in a Friesian cow, I can imagine trying to bring in a Limousin bull — it would cause severe difficulty. It is fair that an unrelated third party who has an animal on the premises should be given proper notification. The amendment is balanced. It would protect the inspectors who might have to remove animals...

Veterinary Practice Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (29 Jun 2005)

Denis Naughten: Reality can be very different from what is envisaged in legislation. The Minister of State is making many assumptions and people know that assumptions in previous legislation did not apply when it came to implementation. I ask the Minister of State to reconsider the amendment.

Veterinary Practice Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (29 Jun 2005)

Denis Naughten: I endorse what the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture and Food, Deputy Browne, has said. I thank him and the Minister for Agriculture and Food, Deputy Coughlan, for their co-operation with the Bill. I also thank the departmental officials who did an excellent job with an extremely complex Bill. There was a significant amount of lobbying regarding it. The legislation is...

Planning and Development Regulations: Motion (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)

Denis Naughten: Local authority offices will have a field day.

Planning and Development Regulations: Motion (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)

Denis Naughten: That is the programme for Government.

Veterinary Practice Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (29 Jun 2005)

Denis Naughten: I move amendment No. 10: In page 43, line 1, after "regulations" to insert the following: "following the approval of each House of the Oireachtas". It is critical that any provision made under section 55 of the Bill, or any regulations made under such a provision, should be brought before the Oireachtas. The power given under subsection (5) means that the Minister may make regulations to...

Veterinary Practice Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (29 Jun 2005)

Denis Naughten: The Minister of State is making my argument for me. I accept that the reason for the procedure and the provision is not to broaden but to restrict what were, up to now, common agricultural practices carried out by farmers on their farms. Subsequent to the Minister bringing in the regulation, there will automatically be an additional cost to farmers because what the Minister will do is exclude...

Veterinary Practice Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (29 Jun 2005)

Denis Naughten: The difficulty is that this is a charge. The reality is that when the Minister excludes a particular procedure that up to now was carried out as a standard operating practice on a farm, it will mean a charge because it will be up to a veterinary practitioner to carry out that procedure. That is why I believe that such a regulation should come before the House.

Veterinary Practice Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (29 Jun 2005)

Denis Naughten: Yes.

Veterinary Practice Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (29 Jun 2005)

Denis Naughten: I move amendment No. 11: In page 43, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: "56.—A person may transport an animal to a veterinary premises under the meaning of Part 9 for the purposes of first aid or medical assistance in an emergency, without complying with normal animal movement regulations.". I tabled this amendment because it came to my notice from talking to a number of...