Dr. Brendan O'Shea:

On the whole system, secondary mental health care has a substantial amount of funding but in primary care and with regard to international figures, GP-led primary care in Ireland is seriously underfunded. We are spending a lot on health care. It is a question of how we are spending it and where we are putting the funding. We have unashamedly made a case for more general practice and nurse practitioner-delivered care. I hope we have made a convincing case. We believe that a strategic investment in a subsystem that is already electronically enabled will give the best outcome after the spend.