Mary Wallace (Meath East, Fianna Fail)

No additional resources have been allocated to this because much of what is contained in the report can be done within existing resources with regard to reorientating services. Before launching the document I went through it to establish what can be done within existing resources. This is a matter of doing business differently and making it more accessible to men. We know the traditional circumstances in which men go to the doctor. We also know that married men are more inclined to go to the doctor because their wives send them.

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