Professor Catherine Comiskey:

It is very glamorous. I mapped it over a period of years. I managed to get all the urine analysis data, because people give data to independent researchers. I am not part of the HSE or a nurse, which has worked to my advantage. That is why I am confident in what I am saying and why I gave that introduction about me. I found there was no protocol, rhyme or reason as to why some did and did not. It made no difference in terms of the treatment outcomes. I thought about the cost of this and how much this is costing those services and why. The work is there. Obviously maybe it is done for safety initially, I do not know, the Deputy would have to talk to medical experts. In terms of routine urine screening, however, it was just ridiculous. There was no pattern, rhyme or reason. All I could think of was the cost the tests. They were not even doing the same tests on the urine for the same drugs. It was up and down and ad hoc. There was no rhyme or reason to it. All I could think about was what Dr. Kelly referred to as bad practice. That is where education comes in as well. We need to start building those foundation blocks. I agree with Deputy Ward.