65. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a graduate entry medicine loan tax relief scheme in view of the huge costs associated with the course, the cost of living and the fact that the intensity of this work excludes the opportunity for part-time work; if he or his Department has examined a proposal involving a tax-based mechanism of relieving the burden of these debts on non-consultant hospital doctors and making the repayments more realistic; the benefits for the country of giving non-consultant hospital doctors a tax incentive to stay in the public health care service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36030/14]

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65. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a graduate entry medicine loan tax relief scheme in view of the huge costs associated with the course, the cost of living and the fact that the intensity of this work excludes the opportunity for part-time work; if he or his Department has examined a proposal involving a tax-based mechanism of relieving the burden of these debts on non-consultant hospital doctors and making the repayments more realistic; the benefits for the country of giving non-consultant hospital doctors a tax incentive to stay in the public health care service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36030/14]

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