Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That is where my issue lies. We know some countries compare more favourably for all sorts of things. Saying that a performance is the same as an emerging economy jurisdiction is not the same as saying it is of a sufficiently high standard. If we consider ourselves to have a high standard, should we compare ourselves with country A which has relatively low standards and all the labs perform to the standard required in that particular country? There are different standards in the US than here. There are many unknowns. Some labs which were testing are now closed and there has been no on-site quality assurance. It is a little disturbing to hear it is up to their standard, when that might not be up to ours.