Dr. Brendan O'Shea:

On behalf of the Irish College of General Practitioners, ICGP, I thank the committee for asking us to come and reflect with its members on manpower in general practice in particular. I am Dr. Brendan O'Shea, a general practitioner in Newbridge. I am medical director of a co-operative and I am the director of the postgraduate resource centre, PRC, in the Irish College of General Practitioners. I will invite my colleague to introduce herself.