Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

As Minister for Health, I introduced a new nursing degree programme, which was a transformative development in nursing education. The idea was to free up nursing for education purposes. We developed new facilities in universities and institutes of technology across the country. Whatever we do, we must not damage that education space and aspect of undergraduate and postgraduate nursing education. I will talk to the Minister for Health in respect of where the report is now. Of course, we will publish the report and it will come to Government for decision and consideration. We will keep in touch with the Deputy on the matter.

We are running out of time. I will take the questions from all the other Deputies if they confine them to 30 seconds each. Are they amenable to that?

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