Dr. Jean O'Sullivan:

I will answer Senator Burke's question about conferences. If doctors have to declare that they were sponsored in going to a conference or to a meeting, it would probably take the pressure off them to feel in any way conflicted to support that particular drug or that particular treatment. As Deputy Kelleher said it is not about stopping research or stopping sponsorship of education. It is really about making this so transparent that patients, their families and general practitioners can know that if a patient is started on a new treatment, it was purely for clinical reasons and not for any other hidden reasons. It is really about transparency. It is not about stopping research or education at all.