Dr. Gearóid Ó Cuinn:

Those are very good questions but I do not want to comment on the specific amount of money. Clearly, there is tension between the issues of medical ethics and neutrality and the RCSI investments. It beggars the question: what is a non-profit organisation like the RCSI doing in an oil rich monarchical sectarian state? The answer is unclear. It is not as if the region lacks health infrastructure.

The RCSI is subject to the Freedom of Information Act. It would be interesting to see how the RCSI conducts itself if such requests were made. Would it cite economic sensitivity or would it, in the spirit of transparency, openly give such information on contracts with the Bahrainis?