Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)

This is being done jointly with the United Kingdom and at present we await a report from the United Kingdom's authorities in this regard. The United Kingdom is the lead authority on this issue as we were the lead authority, with Northern Ireland, regarding the mutual recognition of disqualifications and, consequently, we are in their hands to an extent. While progress is being made, I acknowledge there will be a three to four year period before the two systems can be aligned.

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