Ms Lyndsey O'Leary:

X-ray licences are licensed from the Environmental Protection Agency, which basically regulates us. Every three years there is an inspection. We must have a radiation protection adviser, RPA. We have an Irish-registered radiation protection adviser who is also a hospital-based RPA. The licence is heavily regulated. There are many hoops to jump through. It costs money every year. One must have one's X-ray machine digitally inspected as well, so the regulations are fairly extensive.