James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)

The legislation to which I refer, which is aptly named, is the Qualifications (Education and Training) Bill. I want to know if the Minister intends to persist with that when there is an article published today about the concerns of the professors that people who have shown scholarship skills by getting 600 points in the leaving certificate do not get into medicine while others get in with 520 points. Will the Minister not agree that the real problem is that there are only 310 places to medical undergraduates of Irish or European Union-----

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