PQ 1031
1031. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures he plans to introduce to support those wishing to pursue graduate entry medicine, a path that remains highly inaccessible for very many people, in light of widespread and well-documented shortages of GPs; whether he will consider a return of service bursary, similar to the Scottish model, for those willing to work in rural areas after their training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39482/25]
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1031. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures he plans to introduce to support those wishing to pursue graduate entry medicine, a path that remains highly inaccessible for very many people, in light of widespread and well-documented shortages of GPs; whether he will consider a return of service bursary, similar to the Scottish model, for those willing to work in rural areas after their training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39482/25]
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- Official source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2025-07-15/1031/
- Open data entity: https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/question/2025-07-15/pq_1031