Mr. Paul Reid:

I do not have the figures just now. What I can say is that 875 are in the pipeline. We want to get that number up to 350 per year. That is the investment strategy that Mr. Watt has spoken about. There are 2,500 GPs on the GMS and another 540 provide publicly funded services but are not necessarily on the GMS. There are approximately 24 vacant posts on the GMS nationally. We are working with the Irish College of General Practitioners, ICGP, on this. It is our concern-----