Representing all vets in the North of Ireland

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Click here for revised NIVA rules as approved by the membership at an EGM on 9th February 2022

Officers and Council 2022

NIVA members wishing to contact NIVA Council members should e-mail info@vetni.co.uk and we will pass on contact details.

General enquiries for NIVA from anyone other than a current NIVA member should also be directed through the secretariat on info@vetni.co.uk

Executive Officers:

President: Fiona McFarland

Senior Vice President: Mark Little 

Junior Vice President: Esther Skelly-Smith

Secretary:  Rachel Davies

Treasurer: Seamus O’Kane 

Press Officer: Susan Cunningham, 

Other Council members:

Council Member: Patricia van Veen

Council Member: Aoife Ferris

Council Member: Sharon Verner

Council Member: Roisin Dickinson

Council Member: Ruth Moreno

Council Member: Sean Wensley

Council Member: Orla McAlister

Council Member: Eve Young

Council Member: Catherine Forsythe

Represenatives on Council:

AVSPNI Representative: Phil Walsh

Young Vet Network Representative: Rachel Davies

VetNI Board Representative: Aurelie Moralis & Seamus O’Kane

Ex officio positions:

DAERA CVO: Robert Huey

VetNI: Jo Gibson

BVA Nominations & Awards Group:  Alan Gordon

BVA Regional Representative: Esther Skelly-Smith

NIVA Membership Information

At the AGM on 9th February, 2022, members ratified the following annual subscription rates:

Full membership  –  £95

Concessionary rates  –  £35
Senior member and Young member <8 years qualified 

NIVA holds at least 4 meetings per year and a number of social events including the senior members’ lunch.

NIVA is the original territorial division of the British Veterinary Association (BVA) and works closely with the BVA Northern Ireland Branch to ensure the BVA represents the views of the profession here in the north when lobbying legislators and policy makers in London and Brussels.

Locally, NIVA champions veterinary causes with our own Assembly and endeavours to ensure that agri-food policy and other animal health and welfare policy issues are in line with veterinary science.

Young Vet Network NI (YVN NI) is an integral and thriving part of NIVA.  As well as connecting and supporting recently graduated vets via Facebook, they provide a number of highly popular CPD events each year.  You can link up with them HERE.

If you are interested in becoming a member of NIVA you can apply using the Membership Application Form below. Once you have submitted the registration form we will contact you by e-mail to process your application.

Click here to download Nomination Form for new NIVA Council members