Fidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will hold on that amendment.

I look forward to the Minister of State's replies on where the negotiations are at in terms of the percentage of GPs who are not willing to sign the contract, given that there has been a number of moves since I raised the matter on the Adjournment. Based on the Minister of State's knowledge of the take-up of GPs, how reliable will the service be? For example, I am based in Galway. Will I have to travel ten miles to get a GP who is willing to sign up to this contract or will have to travel 20 or 30 miles if I am in rural Galway? Those are critical issues. What is the point in having a service in name if it is not a service that will deliver when one has a sick child under six years of age?