Professor Eilis McGovern:

Certainly, this year, for the first time Letterkenny has been recognised for higher training in anaesthesia and two specialist registrars are going there in July. Also, six of the trainees coming from Pakistan are going to Letterkenny, two to emergency medicine and four to surgery. There is also a senior registrar in surgery going to Letterkenny this year. We are working with the training bodies to try to address the issue mentioned by Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, namely, the distribution of trainees within central hospitals and more peripheral hospitals. We all recognise that there is an excellent training opportunity for young doctors in peripheral hospitals. We are trying to get that balance better distributed and we are working with the training bodies on that.