(1) Whether the country is producing a sufficient number of nurses annually with different skill sets and specialisation to meet the country’s needs in both public and private hospitals; if not, (a) what are the relevant details of the shortage and (b) to what extent is the country relying on importing nurses from elsewhere in the world; (2) whether he will make a statement on (a) the training of nurses in the country and (b) how his department intends to increase opportunities for citizens to train as nurses?