Ms Rachel Kenna:

The proposal is in its early stages. My understanding is that it is a medical school that would train undergraduate doctors. They will make a decision thereafter in terms of specialist training, The school would provide basic training. One of the attractions of this model is that there is a significant humanitarian proposal with it. There would be a reciprocal arrangement to train doctors from other countries. The university is considering African and South American nations. That is an attractive aspect of the proposal. There is a significant amount of detail and there has been engagement with the Irish Medical Council, which has been open to the discussions and given a list of criteria that will have to be met in terms of the training standards and regulations. It is currently ongoing.