1575. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his plans to change the current regime whereby only students from the richest families can access graduate-entry medicine given the high costs involved of €100,000 and the fact that the only loan provider to this group is now pulling out of the loan provision; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the graduate-entry salary of €36,000 is too low to allow these doctors to live near hospitals and repay high student loan costs; his views on whether the high student costs and low entry salary is contributing to the stark lack of newly qualified doctors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20176/22]

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1575. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his plans to change the current regime whereby only students from the richest families can access graduate-entry medicine given the high costs involved of €100,000 and the fact that the only loan provider to this group is now pulling out of the loan provision; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the graduate-entry salary of €36,000 is too low to allow these doctors to live near hospitals and repay high student loan costs; his views on whether the high student costs and low entry salary is contributing to the stark lack of newly qualified doctors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20176/22]

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