Dr. Seán Ó Domhnaill:

Obviously, there was a misunderstanding in relation to someone stating that there were clinical markers for suicidality. We live off clinical markers. They are what we use to carry out assessments. In fact, I contributed the piece to the college's paper specifically on this because in the Bill it refers to the fact that there are no clinical markers and I said, "No, no. There are clinical markers. The problem is that there are no laboratory tests", and that is what the Bill should actually have said.

In terms of the Irish profession and in what way is our profession different specifically to our English-speaking colleagues in Boston and Birmingham, to whom I think we are closer than Berlin, the more time I spend in Boston and Birmingham the more I realise that, really, there is very little between us. All of the evidence is there. One need only look at one's children the way I look at mine and one will see that they are mimicking what they are seeing on television from America and Britain.

I am surprised - I am sorry I missed the Deputy's name because I could not see the sign-----