Mr. Anthony Owens:

Deputy Durkan asked whether we are competing with the likes of New York, London, Sydney, etc., for medical talent.

We are competing with those places. In addition, we are competing with Toronto, Calgary, Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne and all of these places, including sites across the UK. To the extent that we are competing with them, when we think about the salaries on offer, the working hours and the access to study time, training time and supports, we are not competing on the same level. It is the same level as the match last night. Ireland were playing against Switzerland but we were never in danger of winning. That is us. We are losing our young doctors to these places at the moment.