Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2026-07-15
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

-----which I think are, in many respects, extremely important in terms of the diagnostic hubs and the community-based model that has been evolving over the past number of years. It actually gives people very ready access to diagnostics and treatments in terms of not having to access the acute hospital system all the time.
On growing college and training places, which the Deputy referenced earlier, as he knows, there was a big investment in 2026 enabling higher education institutes to deliver over 1,100 new healthcare course places each year over the next three years.

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