Mr. David Keegan:

If I may, I will answer Senator Crown's question as another part of the question asked by Deputy Mitchell O'Connor was on how many consultants there are. At present, there are 40 ophthalmic surgeons in the public sector working with the HSE. That represents approximately 1:110,000 per population. In Scotland, the equivalent figure is 1:70,000, while in other countries around Europe, the ratio is variable. As it is based on the definition of an ophthalmologist, which is not directly comparable, we are better leaving it at Scotland for the present. For example however, in Greece-----