Michael Harty (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

With regard to giving counselling advice from a general practice point of view, we are advised to give non-directive counselling. We are supposed not to direct a patient in one direction or another. That must be done ethically and honestly. It is very difficult to regulate the activity of a profession, even a medical or nursing profession. It must be exceedingly more difficult to regulate the activities of counsellors and psychotherapists, which is a must broader range of activity. Is it actually possible to do that?