Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It seems reasonable if that is all that is involved, but it runs contrary to my understanding of what was said initially.

I heard initially that this group does not have the requisite qualifications. I can support the explanation the Minister of State has given just now, namely that they did not bother, they forgot or were too busy saving lives. Had they applied in that five-year window, they would have got onto the specialist register like everybody else. They did not do so and now we are trying to clean that up, for good reason. If that is the rationale, I can support it. However, what I heard was that they are not on the register because they do not have the requisite qualifications. Was that just incorrect?