Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 February 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Ambulance Services, Recruitment and Retention of Personnel, and Response Times: Discussion

Mr. Robert Morton:

I could not agree more. Both myself and Professor O'Donnell have had the conversation, on many occasions, on why we have traditionally sat back and watched graduates go to the UK. We have been working very closely with the head of school in UL since 2021. We have looked at a complete redesign of the entire process. We got in our first five graduates from UL. Approximately 32 people go in to the programme every year. We got our first five graduates from UL in 2022 and we are working towards a new recruitment process in 2023, which will coincide with the graduation process in UL. We expect to be in a position to take almost all of their graduates in 2023 and thereafter, going forward. The Deputy is right, but I think we have arrived at a solution.

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