The growing demand for veterinary services has been boosted with a rise in newly registered vets in Galway.
According to the Veterinary Council of Ireland, 302 new vets and 139 new veterinary nurses were added to the Irish register in 2022, and of those Galway and Cork both received 20 each. Thirty-two opted to practise in Dublin.
The total number of vets and veterinary nurses on the Veterinary Council register currently stands at 3399 and 1245, which is an all-time high in terms of the number of veterinary professionals working in Ireland.
Of the 302 newly registered vets, 80 were awarded their Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine Degree from UCD. The remaining vets graduated from a number of schools of Veterinary Medicine abroad, with the most popular being Budapest University of Veterinary Science (which accounted for 35 newly registered vets ) and Warsaw University of Life Sciences (which accounted for 14 vets ).
Niamh Muldoon, CEO and registrar of the Veterinary Council of Ireland, says the veterinary council believes the addition of new vets will go some way to meeting the growing demand for veterinary services across Ireland.
The top ten counties which accounted for the most new vets in 2022 were:
Dublin – 32 newly registered vets in 2022
Cork – 20 newly registered vets in 2022
Galway – 20 newly registered vets in 2022
Tipperary – 13 newly registered vets in 2022
Meath – 13 newly registered vets in 2022
Kildare – 13 newly registered vets in 2022
Wexford – 12 newly registered vets in 2022
Wicklow – 8 newly registered vets in 2022
Kerry – 8 newly registered vets in 2022
Limerick – 7 newly registered vets in 2022
