Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 May 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Medical Council Specialist Register: Discussion

9:00 am

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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The proportion of our population, however, in the younger age profile is significantly higher than many other comparable OECD countries. That is because of in-migration and the fact that in the last recession many young people who left the country came back quickly, or were stuck and could not go at all.