I understand that the Government is currently introducing regulations to ensure that people with specified long-term illnesses will have free general practitioner care. Could the list of designated illnesses be expanded to include lifelong and often terminal illnesses that are currently excluded from the list?

I invite the Deputy to send a list of the ailments he has in mind to the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Alex White, who is now dealing with this matter. He is preparing the necessary legislation and I am sure he is willing to receive the information from the Deputy.