Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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If the Chairman will allow me, I will conclude. I am interested in the comparable position between Irish and EU applicants and the number of overseas applicants.

I will close on this point. I can understand that time is required to properly evaluate and adjudge the bona fides of the suitably trained and qualified applicant getting through. Is there a verification process in place for the documentation presented by overseas applicants? In layperson's terms, is there any fear of somebody presenting fictitious, forged or wrongly acquired documentation, and can we have certainty as to the veracity of the information and documentation being presented in every case? Is verification by the issuing institution, in whatever setting globally, part of the work of the NMBI? I thank the witnesses for giving of their time to come here.