Robert Dowds (Dublin Mid West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Basically, they are saying that the further round of cuts in payments to GPs under the FEMPI Act is leading to a situation where they will provide less service and therefore more people will be directed towards accident and emergency departments. I am not saying that is necessarily the case but that is the allegation. Other Deputies received similar letters. Some of the content of the letter seems unreasonable to me but I would be interested to know if that is the case. I am sure that will show up in the statistics in the months to come.