Michael Harty (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

In respect of the questions on medical manpower we raise in the Dáil, we are often told that there is no problem with medical manpower because there is a greater number of doctors on the medical register than ever before and in respect of general practice, there is a greater number of doctors who hold GMS numbers. But we all know there is a medical manpower shortage. In spite of more people being registered, there still is a medical manpower shortage, how can that be explained?