Mr. Eoin O'Sullivan:

One thing, and I think the Cathaoirleach alluded to this earlier, is that there are different modalities of psychotherapists and different specialisations within psychotherapy and counselling. What CORU is going to do is just regulate what it is to be a counsellor or a psychotherapist. It is not going to talk about trauma specialists or psychotherapists qualified to work with children, for instance. I think this is going to cause issues down the line, but we do have to start somewhere. There is no regulation now. We saw the "RTÉ Investigates" documentary that showed people only needed to put a plaque over their door to call themselves psychologists. It is not even necessary to have a plaque over a door. A Facebook account can be opened and people can describe and advertise themselves as psychologists, counsellors or psychotherapists and they will get clients because people are desperate.