Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 9 February 2023
Public Accounts Committee
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack
9:30 am
Mr. Robert Watt:
Last year we increased the number of undergraduate places by 60 and the Minister has committed to increasing the number of places by 120, which will be a total increase of 180 over two years, from a starting position of 750. That is quite a significant increase of over 20%. The Minister would be supportive of going even further. That issue is a question for the medical schools and their capacity. We would welcome any support this committee can provide to convince medical schools to increase output. We do not-----
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