Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I refer to the international partnerships. I very much agree in the context of the exchange of learning and all that can be done there, but I refer to the possibilities for all-island partnerships as well and their development. The lack of funding is a significant impediment to such partnerships. What can we do across the island in that regard? I am thinking particularly in terms of medicine and addressing the labour shortage in hospitals and primary care on an all-island basis such that we can have those partnerships and the exchange of learning. That is being done in the context of cancer research and the all-island strategy in that regard.