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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)
Charlie McConalogue: A fourth party is very much in the equation then, because the company has-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)
Charlie McConalogue: Who owns the practice?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)
Charlie McConalogue: Where there is lay ownership, is the client list owned by the lay ownership?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)
Charlie McConalogue: If there is a four or five-man practice with one certificate of suitability for clinical oversight of the practice, meaning there is one vet in charge, and all are employees of a lay company with a premises, who has the clients?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)
Charlie McConalogue: So the lay owner could own the client list.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)
Charlie McConalogue: Is it the case that a lay owner can decide to close a practice even if the person who holds the certificate of suitability does not wish to do so? Informing the decision by the council to permit lay ownership is the fact that it is the council's belief the ownership has no influence on the provision of veterinary services. If a lay owner can close a practice against the wish of the vet who...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)
Charlie McConalogue: If it is not a dispute between two vets subject to the code of conduct but one between lay owners, the latter do not have any responsibility regarding the code or the welfare of animals, yet it appears they can make a decision to close down a practice and prevent veterinary medicine from being provided.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)
Charlie McConalogue: That is fair enough.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)
Charlie McConalogue: I take the point but ownership certainly has an influence on the provision of veterinary services whenever laypersons are involved. We have seen it come into play already that lay ownership has an influence. That goes against the grain of what the council is trying to achieve and oversee. Only vets should have control. With the change that has been made, allowing lay ownership to come...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)
Charlie McConalogue: If the council cannot control matters such as price and yet allows owners who will be driven by profit, it cannot have control. I have seen it in my own county. The fees for out-of-hours calls increase to €500. Vets cannot feasibly be available to carry out their duties in that situation. The council does not have control over ensuring veterinary services are available whenever...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)
Charlie McConalogue: Does that apply even where the customer is not a client of the practice in question?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)
Charlie McConalogue: Where a veterinary practice decides to drop customers who are not profitable, where do those people go to get a service?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)
Charlie McConalogue: The danger with lay ownership, which we are starting to see, is that smaller clients are being dropped while larger customers are retained. In that scenario, only the unprofitable clients are available to a new practice. In a situation where there is not an oversupply of vets, we will not see vets setting up in areas where the pickings are slim. The movement towards lay ownership is...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments (19 Sep 2019)
Charlie McConalogue: 178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) under the area based payment scheme for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38138/19]
- Agriculture: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2019)
Charlie McConalogue: I thank everyone who contributed to the debate. I thank Sinn Féin and Deputy Naughten for their amendments, which we will be accepting. As everyone has outlined, the debates today and yesterday take place at a time of grave uncertainty for our beef sector and great difficulty for the farming community. What we have seen over the last weeks needs to lead to a total change in the...
- Agriculture: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2019)
Charlie McConalogue: I move:“That Dáil Éireann: notes:— that beef and suckler farmers are at their wits’ end, experiencing a severe income crisis, under significant financial stress, and struggling to maintain their livelihoods; — how utter despair has forced individual farmers to resume protest at factories; — the determined action by beef farmers in support of the...
- Agriculture: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2019)
Charlie McConalogue: Unfortunately, we have a very difficult situation in our beef sector. The motion addresses many of the key difficulties facing the sector. It was put down before the talks took place last weekend and I know those talks addressed some of the issues that the motion raises. However, it is not the first time Fianna Fáil has come before the Dáil with Private Members' motions. Indeed,...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Data (18 Sep 2019)
Charlie McConalogue: 168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the transaction costs built into 2014-2020 RDP schemes and the way in which they operate (details supplied); the detail of each scheme operating in the 2014-2020 RDP that has a transaction cost built in in tabular form; the transaction costs for each RDP scheme in percentage terms; the additional payment available to eligible...
- Beef Sector: Statements (17 Sep 2019)
Charlie McConalogue: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this issue. It is unfortunate that the Dáil was not in session in recent weeks and that this is our first opportunity, but nonetheless a welcome one, to discuss it. Fianna Fáil will table a Private Members’ motion on this matter tomorrow. It is essential that what has happened since the protests began on 28 July must be seen as a...
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Sep 2019)
Charlie McConalogue: 125. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence regarding a scheme from a person (details supplied). [37199/19]