David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Can I also add to that? Training them is one thing but retaining them is as important. If we consider the numbers of doctors who have emigrated, where visas were given by the Australian government to Irish doctors emigrating last year, compared 2019, it has increased by about 40%. It is about keeping them here. We have junior doctors who are threatening strike action. There is a myriad of contractual issues in healthcare, which have been in train or in play for many years and there are issues that are unresolved. We can train as many as we like but if we cannot recruit them and retain them, it is equally as challenging. Of course we need to train more.