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

Is that the key to the contract negotiations? The contract is not fit for purpose because it does not recognise current demand and that the delegates are interested in the negotiation of a contract that could be reviewed and would be responsive to patient needs. I am a trade unionist, as the delegates know, and I absolutely respect their right to be represented collectively, but sometimes I think GPs do not do their own cause any favour because they come across as small business people and that this will not help them. What they are saying is they are interested in a contract that would be responsive to the needs of the patient. I have views on what it might contain, as do the delegates, but that is where they are at in the negotiations.