Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North-Central, Fianna Fail)

I have two more questions. On asking them, I will give the Minister the remainder of the time. First, the Minister mentioned the Italian health minister. The Italians do a very expensive heel-prick test. Over the past few years, Deputy Burke and I have lobbied for an expanded heel-prick test. Les Martin, a constituent of the Tánaiste, Deputy Simon Harris, has been very active on this over the past few years. Does the Minister have any plans or initiatives to expand the test? I am aware that we have expanded it by two in the past few years. We test for about 11 diseases here. In northern Italy, they test for 37 or 38. Are there any plans for expansion here?

When I ask my second question, I will leave the Minister with the remainder of my time. A prescribing incentive scheme was once run for GPs in this country. I believe it ceased around 2019 or 2020. Deputy Daly might know. I heard the Minister talk about achieving savings. Does she believe she could get the incentive scheme up and running again to get the State to save money?