Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I do not accept that. Changing the name on the payslip for the woman or the man who is a member of the practice staff would not, I imagine, in any way dilute their loyalty, commitment or ability to care for patients. However, it would alleviate a lot of what the witnesses tell us are the burdens of running a small business and all of that. I have spoken to GPs and one of the things they say to me is that they do not just care for their patients but are required to run a small business on top of everything else. A change in the name and handing the hassle to a big employer like the HSE, which has a payroll department and a HR department and all that goes along with that, while maintaining the ethos of general practice is a bit of a no-brainer given what GPs have told me about the nature of the business and the fact that it is very time consuming to run a small business. Taking some of that out, I do not accept would-----