Bobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

This will be rolled out with the help of GPs who will provide the primary care. Some GPs have tried to start up primary care centres but they have had to get out of the business because they could not afford it. Is money the problem in terms of getting GPs to work together? Usually what happens is that three or four GPs come together and they build a primary care centre with the grants that are available but some have failed. Is that the model going forward? We have to make this work on the ground and convince GPs that it is worth their while to come together and give the service that has been outlined, whether it is dentistry or whatever else. We have a couple of examples in my county of Kilkenny which are very successful but other places are starved of such a service. What is the problem?