Dr. Colm Henry:

In the context of the Medical Council, while I am not here as a representative, I will answer as best I can the question posed by the Deputy. I met the Medical Council provisionally yesterday and we will have further engagement with it in the next week or two to address the issues raised by this case. My understanding is that we have a reciprocal agreement with other EU countries so there are no grounds for refusal of a doctor for registration based on his or her country of training as long as that country is within the EU. That said, we want to find out not just the learning from this case but any learning the Medical Council has from any other cases that-----