Professor Brian O'Connell:

There are 48 dental graduates each year in Dublin, approximately one third of whom are non-EU students and two thirds of whom are EU students. The numbers in Cork are broadly similar. In some years many people from outside the European Union register with the Dental Council. It is a mobile population. In some years we may have 80 graduates here. There have been years in which over 100 new dentists have registered here from other EU countries. It is a mobile workforce.