Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank Dr. Doyle. The reason I was asking her as opposed to the HSE was that I am not entirely sure we would get a full and frank answer from the HSE. Around particular pinch points, the Medical Council's data does some very useful gender analysis as to men and women leaving the system. It is interesting to note that there are quite significantly more female trainees. There are more women going into the doctor training pipeline yet at the top there are significantly fewer. That could be for historic reasons, meaning that as the younger cohort grows older it will balance out. However, it could be for structural reasons, namely that we have a system that is structurally even less friendly to women. What is Dr. Doyle's view on that?