Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That has implications for other matters we have discussed. I must express my concerns about it. I asked a question quite some time ago about when this decision was first mooted and by whom. It was clearly about health and safety grounds, as this is what we have been told. We do not know and there may be other ancillary matters as well, which we believe we know. There is a warning in that and we must be careful in how we proceed with the transposition of the directive into Irish law. We need to know if it will be possible to include or exclude bodies, and particularly if we can include bodies that have heretofore had access to radiology referrals and will wish to continue to do so. If I go to a physiotherapist, a physical therapist or whomever, I would expect to be able to have full access to what is required, including X-ray treatment. If not, that body providing the service would not have available to it the full services it requires to do the job properly. I am worried about that.