I move that the Committee agree with the Seanad in amendment No. 1 :—
Section 14. In sub-section (1), page 5, lines 47 and 48, "ophthalmic and dental" deleted and "ophthalmic, dental and aural" substituted.
The effect of amendments Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 is to put aural treatment and appliances on exactly the same level as optical treatment and appliances. It was not clear that that was the case before and, therefore, these amendments are being made, although the legal opinion which I got before the amendments came in was that it appeared to be all right because it was always understood that ordinary surgical treatment included auraltreatment, but to the ordinary person treatment of the ears would appear to be more in line with treatment of the eyes. Therefore we are making doubly sure that aural treatment and appliances will be on the same level as optical treatment and appliances by inserting these five amendments.