David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister's response. The response has been good and swift. There is always more that we can do but the generosity shown by Irish people and the speed with which the political system has responded to the needs of those coming from Ukraine has been exceptional.

There are two elements around health. We need to make sure that people who come here get access to the very best healthcare treatments. The Minister has said that primary care is the start and that medical cards will be issued to those who need them, which will be most of them. That needs to happen as quickly as possible. I imagine there are also people coming here who are qualified healthcare professionals. Is work being done to identify who they are and what skills and qualifications they have? That could then accelerate matching those qualifications with the standards here to bring some of them into the public system in the areas they work in, which I am sure they would assist and be more than happy to take part in.

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