Ms Fiona Duffy:

The Senator has asked two very interesting and challenging questions. First, in terms of accreditation for clinics, it is very difficult. Clinics here are licensed by the Health Products Regulatory Authority, HPRA. I cannot speak with any level of authority but I presume that in other countries there would be a similar licensing process and that might be the way to go. I mean rather than look at a specific clinic one could look at the licensing process, maybe only use a licensed clinic and keep up to date with what is happening in those clinics. That is the only thing that I can think of from that perspective.