Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As a result of Deputy Durkan's contribution today, I will certainly ensure that there is more liaison with the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection as we progress that statutory scheme.

Waiting lists were referred to. Why are there waiting lists? I know the point being made. Why can we not deal with everything today or tomorrow? It is not all about money, but money helps. It is about how we do what we do. We allocated an additional €85 million to deal with waiting lists for this particular winter. Some €40 million was allocated to winter initiatives. A further €11.6 million was allocated directly to waiting lists, and an additional €35 million was allocated to the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, to source procedures outside of the State. We could talk about why we have waiting lists all day.

I take the point that GP contracts have been waiting to begin for a while . I am assured that they will begin very shortly. In regard to recruitment, I am not sure what specific question was asked-----