Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Yes, I intend to make a decision in the next week or two. I have sought clarification on just one point. I am not quite so smart as to leave it conveniently until after the election. That is not my intention. We want to protect the titles "physiotherapist" and "physical therapist" for exclusive use by fully qualified physiotherapists, but many of the couple of hundred physical therapists who are practising in the private sector are well qualified and do a good job, with those who see them often being satisfied. We need to find a mechanism that allows them to retrain or rebrand or a grandparenting provision that would accommodate them. This would be along the lines of the joint proposal, made without prejudice, from the ISCP and the Irish Association of Physical Therapists, IAPT, but it might require a change in legislation. I hope to have this issue clarified in the next week or so.