Mr. Damien McCallion:

Part of the roadmap that we have set out looks at international recruitment to try to grow the numbers. We cannot grow the numbers that are coming through our colleges overnight. We have addressed this issue with the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health in terms of the challenges we face. The Department has been working with the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to try to ensure we train more people in therapy professions such as speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and physiotherapy.