Professor Frank Murray:

I am afraid I did not come prepared for that question so I do not have an answer to it. There has been an increase in the number of training programme schemes in recent years. There has been an almost 50% increase in the number of intern posts in Ireland, reflecting the dramatic increase in the number of doctors being produced in Ireland since graduate entry training began, essentially. There has been a smaller increase in the number of people entering the junior or basic specialist training programmes and there also has been a significant increase in the people entering a more specialised training programme. I could not give an exact answer in that regard.