AQO 1814/22-27 Oral question to the Minister for the Economy
To ask the Minister for the Economy to outline the process for establishing a veterinary school in Northern Ireland.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 20 March 2025
- Answered
- Oral
- Tabled
- 20 March 2025
- Answer due by
- 1 April 2025
- Answered
- 1 April 202512 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for the Economy
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Question 5 AQO 1814/22-27
As autonomous bodies, the universities have the discretion to offer any course, including veterinary subjects, from within existing student numbers and funding allocations.
There is currently no opportunity at the local Higher Education Institutions to study for a Veterinary Medicine degree.
Should a specific proposal for a veterinary school be put forward I am open to working in partnership with all relevant stakeholders to consider the implications of such a proposal.
Any proposal would, of course, need to be considered by all those who have stake in the delivery of veterinary medicine here including the relevant professional bodies.