Liam Twomey (Wexford, Fine Gael)

The Tánaiste announced that 75 to 100 existing care teams nationally would receive funding. If they existed I would expect two or three of them to exist in County Wexford and like the Taoiseach, having gone up every tree in County Wexford, I still do not know where the primary care teams are for County Wexford. Nobody knows what she is talking about. These are phantom primary care teams. This deserves some scrutiny. Many of the Tánaiste's recent announcements come to nothing. Only 7,000 doctor-only medical cards and just over 1,000 of the full medical cards announced have been issued. Rather than making a statement about the €10 million and 300 personnel, I would like to know where they will be and with whom the HSE has consulted. In County Wexford, where I feel I know most of the people, and across the country I have met nobody who has been in discussion with the HSE regarding the existing primary care teams, to which the Tánaiste refers. I would like to see the breakdown of where the 300 personnel are located. They have been announced, but we do not know where they are.

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