Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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On the letter to GPs specifically, in some instances people have moved house or they are not there so it is necessary to cross-check by also writing to the GPs. I am aware that it may be an administrative pain for the GPs but it is a pain that I believe may be worthwhile. If we could bear with it to get the do-not-attends removed, we could get those lists down. If we have 500,000 people not showing up for appointments and then a number of people who are on the list who do not need to be there, we could tidy up our figures. The overall objective is approved. I appreciate what the Deputy has said about the language, and we can see that, but it is certainly not to put pressure on people; it is just to ascertain the fact that a person had looked for an appointment 18 months and if he or she is still looking for that appointment.