Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 28 September 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Robert Watt:

Rather than going through all of the numbers now because reading them out would take up too much time, we will do that. As the Minister has mentioned previously, we will increase the number of graduate opportunities in all the areas. We will set out a note for the committee but even based on the current plans, I do not think that will be adequate. We will have to engage in a significant step change. I mentioned the increase of 60 medical places this year and we will increase the number by 200 by 2024, going from 750 to almost 900. That will not be enough given the demographic changes we are seeing.

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