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

I hate to be pejorative at any time and especially at this time of the day. I refer to a decision made by this Minister and the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment on 2 January and 3 January this year. It relates to the transposition into Irish law of the EU directive on ionising radiation.

That obviously affected the practice of chiropractics. The Minister at the time indicated that he intended to bring in regulations to ensure that a high standard was applied and that we were complying in some way with the requirements. My information is that since then, not all European countries have complied with the legislation at all. The particular issue was pursued vigorously by an individual for a period. If that individual had the pain that I have in my back at this moment, he might not have been in such hot pursuit. Will the Minister have a look at that again to see whether it might be possible to regulate in a way that would meet the requirements of the European Union?