John Crown (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I would like to put a brief supplemental question. Over 50% of non-consultant doctors working in Ireland now are not Irish graduates but come from abroad, yet we have the largest number of medical schools per head of population of any country in the world. Why is this? Recently, I heard of an extraordinarily well-trained colleague, with 18 years international experience, multiple publications and who is a true leader in his field, who has failed in every attempt to get a job in Ireland and has just been recruited by Harvard Medical School.