Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In fairness to the HSE, the solution to the question is in a task force that has not done the work yet so the HSE was in no position to do anything. The issue required a policy response and we will work with the HSE on exactly that.

In terms of training for GPs, absolutely. Really, it is a conversation that the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Deputy Harris, and I need to have about providing additional places. I take the point that Deputy Colm Burke made about the ageing GP population. It is fantastic to see such interest.