asked the Minister for Education the total amount paid by his Department towards medical education; the number of doctors qualifying in each of the past three years; and the average cost to the tax-payer of each qualified doctor.
Written Answers. - Medical Education.
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Separate figures of expenditure on medical education are not available in the colleges' accounts of income and expenditure. The number of doctors who qualified in each of the past three years was:
1975-76—435
1974-75—449
1973-74—481
In the absence of separate figures of expenditure, it is not possible to calculate the average cost to the tax-payer of each qualified doctor.