108 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are a number of recently graduated physiotherapists, speech therapists and occupational therapists who are unable to secure employment due to the Health Service Executive recruitment freeze and the stalling of the primary care strategy, that a significant increase in college places for these courses was recommended by the Bacon report and subsequently approved and that the current employment situation is bleak for recently graduate physiotherapists, many of whom are forced to emigrate to seek employment in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40366/08]

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108 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are a number of recently graduated physiotherapists, speech therapists and occupational therapists who are unable to secure employment due to the Health Service Executive recruitment freeze and the stalling of the primary care strategy, that a significant increase in college places for these courses was recommended by the Bacon report and subsequently approved and that the current employment situation is bleak for recently graduate physiotherapists, many of whom are forced to emigrate to seek employment in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40366/08]

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1. 13 November 2008

   Health Service Staff.

   108 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are a number of recently graduated physiotherapists, speech therapists and occupational therapists who are unable to secure employment due to the Health Service Executive recruitment freeze and the stalling of the primary care strategy, that a significant increase in college places for these courses was recommended by the Bacon report and subsequently approved and that the current employment situation is bleak for recently graduate physiotherapists, many of whom are forced to emigrate to seek employment in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40366/08]

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