Ms Deirdre Walsh:

It is obligatory to transpose a directive into Irish law. As I said to Senator Colm Burke, the matter is complicated but the older version applies to radiographers and radiologists in the main. They are the professionals entitled to use the basic safety standards directive. In the updated version, it is being extended and modernised for existing radiographers and radiologists but beyond that it is still under debate as to who may or may not be added to those professions. The Minister has yet to sign the transposed directive and it is not yet complete.