Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

There is much administration there. Earlier this year, I announced an overview of the administrative burden, and that is taking place. We are having an action plan to set out where there is duplication, where there is administration burden and where we can remove that. We have been able to do a few already, even in terms of this year’s contracts. There used to be different sets of fee levels for the different schemes. They have now all been amalgamated into one fee list. What a provider might have had to do three times previously just has to be done once now. We are doing simple stuff such as that to start with. Later on, some will take new IT systems. Rather than filling in many forms, you will just go into the one form. We have an action plan that will set out how we reduce the administrative burden on providers. I am very aware of that and that is what I have done to respond to it.