Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome our guests and thank them for their useful information. A few questions come to mind. Reference was made to 750 graduates being available annually. It is 750 because 75 was mentioned as well and I presume that was a mistake. I assume we are talking about 750. With regard to emigration, I am aware that people at various levels in the health service will emigrate for experience and so forth. It is part and parcel of the job. I am also hearing of pressure in Australia, London, Canada and the US. Is that so? Have the witnesses monitored that, and to what extent? Can they also speak to the rate of emigration to the US, Canada and the UK as well as other locations? For example, in the Middle East salaries can be tax free for a limited period. Do we know the level of emigration to those locations?