David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The political system and the public need to hear what needs to be done to support GPs in general practice. If there is a commitment from the HSE and the Department that a framework is put in place to increase capacity and the issues that Mr. Moran has raised in his opening statement such as barriers to establishing practices, greater flexibility in staffing, the mix of staffing in general practice and so on were addressed, surely there would be an expectation from the public that the quid pro quofor that is the decision by the political system, supported by the people to deliver universal GP care, could then be implemented. I accept there are capacity problems and that a lot of that needs to be addressed. We also need to hear from representative organisations that if the political system steps up to the plate and provides that capacity, there has to be aquid pro quo.