Colm Burke (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The fact that it costs €595 to attend a two-day course is not dealt with in the reply. We are now making getting into medical education beyond the reach of some people financially. This is probably not the only grind they are attending. The second issue I am concerned about relates to the second last paragraph in the reply, which states that "the results of the investigation may lead to some test units being removed from all candidates' scores obtained in the 2014 examination". This is causing a lot of uncertainty. People who sat the examination and think they have done a very good paper are now left in a state of total uncertainty as regards what is in and what is out.

This is an unsatisfactory position and this issue should be reviewed.