Dáil debates

Tuesday, 25 June 2019

Ceisteanna - Questions

Cabinet Committee Meetings

4:30 pm

Photo of Leo VaradkarLeo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will get back to her on the school completion programme.

The Government absolutely acknowledges the challenges we face in recruiting and retaining consultants in the public health service. They are particularly severe when it comes to psychiatry and small hospitals but they are not unique to those areas by any means. I have read some reports on this, including the Public Servicer Pay Commission report. Notwithstanding those reports, we have record numbers of doctors now working in our public health service.

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