Chairman:

Before I pass on to Deputy Harty I want to throw in another point. Our committee is focusing on three things, one happens to be primary care. We have been advised that 90% of cases can be dealt with at primary care level. We are very interested in seeing what the problem is and we are told there are ongoing discussions about the contract between GPs and the HSE. One of the Deputies said earlier that funding is not an issue, according to the HSE. Is there something else that is preventing this?