Dr. Colm Henry:

We have a strategy to reach a ratio to population corresponding to the one in Scotland, which I think is about nine GPs per 10,000 population. We are short of that and there are geographical inequities. The GP coverage is particularly sparce in the north east, for example. As Mr. Gloster said, our approach is to increase the number of trainees quite significantly, to 350 a year. Also, as an interim measure, because the increase will take a while to go through our pipeline of training, we will fill in the gaps in under-served areas through the recruitment of GPs abroad. We are doing that quite successfully in County Donegal and other counties.