John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am grateful for the statements and answers the witnesses have given. I will be hopping all over. There is a headline figure. The witnesses said that 80% of interns leave. That is a dramatic figure. They also said that 75% of them return, which is also a headline figure. We are focused on the 80%, but 75% of them return. In their statement, the witnesses say that Australia, Canada, North America and the UK are targeting Irish-trained doctors and offering them better work-life balance and the opportunity to work in a system that supports and enables them to care for patients, but 75% of them return.