Ms Geraldine Fitzpatrick:

The Irish Medicines Board has responsibility for the governance of laboratories and the continuing professional development, CPD, for doctors. That is a given. We could take what is appropriate from the HFEA in the United Kingdom and use the quality department of the Health Information and Quality Authority to set up structures. Roughly 60% of clinics in the UK are inspected every year and the HFEA publishes on its website tables featuring all the key data on the various clinics. We seek something simple that would protect patients and clinicians.