Colm Burke (Cork North-Central, Fine Gael)

In 2023, 61 dentists qualified in UCC. Of those, 36 were not European and the position has not really changed over the last 20 years. Similarly in Trinity College, 46 dentists qualified and 21 of those were not European. I am only highlighting this issue in the sense that there are other service areas as well that we have not really focused on. The increases in population and in the number of jobs have been very sudden. We now need to focus on forward planning in these areas.