M wants vets to offer cheapest defensible treatment
The Moderate Party wants veterinarians to tell owners about the cheapest medically defensible treatment and normally seek fresh consent before care becomes more expensive.
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The requirement is part of a new party proposal for a veterinary price commission immediately after the election. M says the expert group should examine regulation, bureaucracy, treatment costs, insurers, market concentration, state-run vets and emergency care, then propose ways to cut prices and strengthen consumer protection.
A Competition Authority review found ordinary dog and cat treatment prices rose about 40% on average between 2020 and May 2025. Emergency prices increased by up to 50%.
The authority said owners often receive incomplete or unclear prices when treatment decisions must be made, while clinics may struggle to quote costs because care is not standardised and new procedures can arise.
The government has already asked the Consumer Agency to seek an industry agreement on publishing common prices and improve information under existing law. That assignment is due by 1 March 2027.
M has not specified how its proposed disclosure and new-consent duties would be enforced or when any resulting rule would take effect. The plan is an election pledge, not current law.
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