Dr. Lorcan Martin:

I should point out that it is not the college that recognises qualifications. It is the Irish Medical Council, which is the regulator, and it will ultimately be up to it. Specialist qualification recognition comes to us and we are in a position to review any applications that come our way. On a complete aside, the college welcomes any Ukrainian psychiatrists who are appropriately qualified. We are very happy to work with them, but the first thing is they need to go through the Irish Medical Council because it is the initial regulator and the body with which they register.