Mr. Barry McBrien:

I teach the nurse prescribing course in Trinity. There is a consortium, standardised approach to teach prescribing. What Professor Comiskey has said resonates with me because we do not have anything specific about addiction. If we had something put into that programme, that would help with managing the stigma. As Professor Comiskey has said, it does exist. People unfortunately have those perceptions about how people on methadone are problematic patients, frequent flyers or just drug seekers. I am not saying everybody is like that, but there are perceptions that people are like that, and the Deputy's research correlates with that.