Dr. David McFadden:

I will respond to that question. It is safe to say our referral of cases involving the potential provision of false information to the registrar is a new development in our office and a recent one. I am almost seven years in the office and I am not aware of any referrals having been made in my time or in the period prior to that. I am not aware such cases have been referred to any parties for a number of years. However, certainly, in recent times, as of this year, we have made referrals where have seen evidence of this. We cannot investigate if we do not have those powers nor can we enforce. Because it is a serious offence it is dealt with by the Garda or the ODCE or both. We have been making those referrals this year and it is a recent development.