Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick East, Fine Gael)

The Minister has not dealt with the question. Does he not agree that people might look in on this and think it is a cosy club? He mentioned that 194 civil servants qualified for payments under the scheme. How many in total applied for the scheme? What percentage of this is represented by the 194 who qualified for payments? We must bear in mind the fact that 37% of targets were not met last year. In the area of health, in which 46% of targets were not met, we are talking about primary care teams and cancer screening services. Could the Minister give proper answers to these questions?

See this speech in context