Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

The Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Deputy Brennan, will not like the GPs going ahead of their time.

Senator Henry asked for a debate on the prison report quite some time ago and she did so again today. She said we should ensure there will be extra places for medical students this autumn. I can never understand why we limit the number of medical students when there is a huge shortage of doctors. As the Senator knows, however, foreign medical students pay full fees.

Senator Bannon said the situation in the health sector is very bad, including the ambulance service. I expect that if one was very ill, one would not care whether one was taken to hospital in a public or private ambulance, as long as one got there.