More than two-thirds of newly registered vets qualified outside of Ireland

Higher Education Minister Simon Harris previously said it is "utterly wrong" for so many students to have to go abroad. Picture: Brian Lawless

More than two-thirds of newly registered vets in 2022 qualified outside of Ireland, as demand has “outstripped supply”, an Oireachtas committee has heard.

Just 80 vets who registered with the Veterinary Council of Ireland (VCI) last year received their qualification from University College Dublin (UCD), while the remaining 222 graduated from accredited schools abroad.