Colm Burke (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Many of the 127 not on the specialist register are in the small hospitals such as Cavan, Letterkenny, Portlaoise and Tullamore. Would it be true to say that the risk will always be higher in a small hospital because in a big hospital a doctor might be on a one in six or seven rota, working every day, one night in seven and one weekend in seven, whereas in the small hospitals they are likely to be on a one in two or three rota and will be under more severe pressure. Is that taken into account when talking about a higher risk?