Mr. Robert Watt:

To add to the Deputy's comments on enhanced community care, I hope we will talk about it later because it is an incredible initiative that is having a significant impact already in terms of emergency department avoidance. It is not necessarily reflected in the numbers because it is prevention - it is people who would otherwise have ended up there. It is worth considering the impact it is having and what we can do for the future and what it means; Pat Healy, in particular, has been leading on it. It is incredible to see how much work has been delivered.

On GP cards, we share Deputy Cullinane's frustration. We would like these negotiations to have been completed by now and for the people who need these cards to have them. They are for people whose incomes are below the median household income, in other words, the people on the lowest income in our society and who have to pay for services. We do not believe they should have to pay for these services. We have been negotiating for some time now. The new deadline is the end of this month and the Minister and the Government have-----