Dr. Tadhg Crowley:

Deputy Burke talked about staffing earlier. I hate to go back in history, but one of the fears about taking on staff is that when the FEMPI measures came in there were huge cuts to staff, which nearly paralysed a generation of GPs. I still hear colleagues say they are afraid to take on staff because we are still in that zone where it is difficult to do so because they may be cut again and we will have to let people go. Reducing wages paralysed staff. That is one of the other issues.