Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

It works for some people and those people are already there and have invested in their premises.

There is no reason they cannot continue with that. However, it is not a model that suits all circumstances. It is a model also that prevents many enthusiastic young GPs from practising in this country. That is my first question.

My second question is in relation to a not-for-profit charity that has been in existence for some time and was referred to earlier, GP Care for All. It is operating successfully in the north inner city out of the Summerhill Primary Care Centre. It is reaching hard-to-reach excluded and disadvantaged groups. It has a proposal to do something similar in the Finglas area. Finglas is in my constituency. There is a vast area of Finglas - all of Finglas west and south - that has no GP practice. It has been top of the list for a primary care centre for 12 years. There are various reasons that primary care centre is not yet in place but there are no GPs in that area. I am happy to speak to Mr. Gloster privately afterwards.