Seán Kyne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Absolutely. I would like to return to the discussion on the retention of graduate nurses and doctors in this country. No single issue is solely to blame for this problem. Issues like pay, the cost of living, work pressures and the draw of living abroad have to be considered. Do we have any figures on the percentage of nurses and doctors who eventually return home? It might be their plan when many of them go out that they would return home. Do we know how many actually come back after a period of time abroad?