Seán Kyne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Budget 2022 provides for an additional 16 clinical nurse specialists and advanced nurse practitioners. I know the campaign is for 100 additional specialists. Three additional specialists have come to Galway, which is certainly welcome, but up to nine of them are needed in the general Galway area. Budget and funding aside, are there sufficient numbers of graduates who would be in a position to take up positions if those were available or is it a longer feed-in in terms of ensuring there are sufficient numbers of specialists coming through the system?