Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The reason I am raising this issue is to do with young people also. Many young qualified nurses and doctors traditionally go abroad after having qualified or having done one or two years here. That has not happened in the past few years. Whether we like it or not, a substantial number of young trained people will leave this country. Are the HSE and the Department of Health planning for this? I have spoken to a number of young people in recent weeks who are planning to move abroad because they have not had the opportunity to travel in the past three or four years to travel. They now want to do so and there will be a shortfall as a result. How are the HSE and the Department planning for that?