Michael Harty (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Some of the entry courses to study medicine are directing and exposing people to primary care in their undergraduate education for half a year of their four year course. Also if graduates from rural areas were identified and given opportunities to train to gain particular expertise required when working in rural areas, that would give a much better return than a general education and hoping for the best.

Will the Commissioner comment on the social determinants of health? We concentrate on medicine, but there are so many social determinants such as education, housing and transport which feed into the health of a society. How are they being addressed across Europe?