Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I had the honour of being Minister for Health for four and a half years so will resist straying into the current Minister for Health’s space today, other than to say I know from conversations with him he is very much aware of the issue. As we significantly increase medicine places, that is one part of it; retaining the talent is another. I hear about positive experience in hospital training being an important part and we are working on that. I will give one example. The University of Galway submitted an interesting project today on rural and remote medicine. Senator Dolan will know of this as it is in her area. They will ensure the placements are in rural GP practices. It is an innovative way of exposing students to rural medicine at an early stage. That innovative stuff could help from our side too.