Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

As mentioned, it is difficult for a new GP to do that, unless there is funding behind him or her. That is why there is such a strong case to be made for having State-funded primary care centres. A couple of years ago I spoke to a group of trainee GPs who were keen to be at the cutting edge of medicine, but it was not possible for most of them to do so. What would they do about having premises? As stated, running a practice does not stack up, even if one has premises.