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A Roscommon vet was censured last year by the Veterinary Council.
The regulatory body for vets in Ireland considered a report from the Fitness to Practise Committee in respect of Paul Callaghan, Mockmoyne, Boyle, County Roscommon.
According to the 2020 Annual Report, it was alleged that Mr Callaghan had in his possession unauthorised animal remedies and failed to keep at his premises a record of purchases and sales, including quantities administered, and incoming and outgoing transactions.
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The Fitness to Practise Committee made findings of professional misconduct in respect of these allegations, and the Council directed, under section 81 of the Act, that Mr Callaghan be censured in relation to his professional conduct.
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The Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) student had told his course leader he was extremely concerned about the recent case of a teacher at Batley Grammar School who was suspended after he showed an image of the prophet to pupils.
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Image source: Veterinary Council of Ireland Annual Report 2020
Three fitness-to-practice hearings were carried out by the Veterinary Council of Ireland (VCI) in 2020, relating to complaints received prior to 2020.
A spokesperson for the VCI said:
“The council carried out five disciplinary sanction hearings in 2020, in which it considered reports from its Fitness to Practise Committee.
“Resulting from these hearings, four veterinary professionals were suspended, two for a period of six months, one for a period of three months, and one for a period of two months.”
Another registrant, the spokesperson said, was censured – formally reprimanded for breaching the VCI code of conduct – as a result of the disciplinary sanction hearings in 2020.
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Vet resolves case over report into alleged misconduct
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High Court proceedings brought by Vet Daniel McCarthy against the Veterinary Council of Ireland, over a finding of alleged professional misconduct against him, have been resolved.
The court heard that following discussions between lawyers for Bandon, Co Cork-based Mr McCarthy and the Veterinary Council, which regulates the profession in Ireland, it was agreed that the findings and recommendations against the vet, contained in a 2019 report, be quashed.
The report had concluded that Mr McCarthy had engaged in professional misconduct that rendered him unfit to practise as a vet, and the FTP committee recommended that his name be removed from the register of veterinary practitioners.