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

That is fine. Regarding primary care services in general, we can see that there has been an increase in the number of GP trainees. I concur with what was said about salaried GPs being directly employed by the HSE. How many additional staff will be provided in this area? I can see that there is an increase in the target for the number of attendances, but specifically, how many additional staff will be provided in each of the areas in which activity will increase? Clearly, we will need more personnel to provide the projected additional services. I also ask the Minister to tell us whether it is anticipated that the additional activity will be generated by directly employed staff or private sector staff or through some other outsourced or grant-aided mechanism.

On output targets, I ask the Minister to give us a detailed breakdown. There is no disputing the fact that the figures look good, but without knowing the detail behind them, it is hard to know if they will actually make any difference to people living in the community.