The above is not correct, I have just been through the mill with all this medical bull****.
I had my Class 1 medical in the Mater a few weeks ago. I got the cert., a weeks ago. It's a JAA Class 1. Since Ireland are a full member of the JAR since December. There's no such thing as an IAA medical anymore. We are JAR compliant.
It is true you can get a conversion to a CAA medical on the basis of your results taken in the Mater. The mater send off your results to the CAA for £22STG.
Now why would you need a CAA conversion? One instance is BAe in Jerez Spain, claim that they need a CAA medical, because the medical must be carried out in the country in which the lisence is to be issued.
It's all a bloddy mess thanks to pen pushers and desk jockys. <img src="mad.gif" border="0">
EIDW