Professor Conor O'Mahony:

Yes. Many of the recommendations in my report and aspects of the document speak to the potential downsides and consequences where people stray outside the lines. Much of that is aimed at encouraging the best practice in the first place. In the event that people are very careful and selective about which countries they go to and the arrangements in which they engage, making sure everything is completely on the level from day one, the prospect of things going wrong in that way and difficulties arising at a later point would be greatly reduced to begin with. That is not to say it would never arise and, of course, things can happen and mistakes can be made. People try to eliminate that prospect and my judgment was this would be the lesser of two evils and it would be better than to have such a case rather than a case with a looser framework allowing more scope for some of those risks to come up on a more regular basis.