I want to ask the Taoiseach, in view of - I am sorry, I have promoted the Tánaiste. I want to ask the Tánaiste-----

Deputy McGrath is just a little ahead of his time.

Níor chuala mé é sin. It is nice to lighten up the temperature in here.

On the issue of GP care for children under six and the Health (General Practitioner Service) Act 2014, what is really going on? In south Tipperary, two GPs have signed up. I have serious questions as to who is driving this agenda and serious concerns about the role of the Irish Medical Organisation and its relationship with the HSE. This is very serious. The Government will not deal with the new organisation which now represents half the GPs. In an earlier reply to Deputy Kelleher, the Tánaiste said----

Is there legislation on this, Deputy?

Yes, there is. She said they were in negotiations, yet the Government is not negotiating with the new association which has half the members. In Tipperary, where are the patients going to go when there are no doctors to take them? Two GPs have signed up in south Tipperary and it is bullying of the highest order of a profession that is under siege by the Government. The waiting lists in accident and emergency departments are flooding out their practices. I ask the Tánaiste to go back to the drawing board.

As Deputy McGrath knows, more than half of the GPs in the country have signed up for a service----

Not in County Tipperary, only two.

-----which was going to be vitally important for 270,000 children and their families. I urge any GPs who are still considering their options to sign up.

Talk to them.

It is in the interests of the health of the children of Ireland to do this.

The Tánaiste can bring a horse to water but she cannot make it drink.

Regarding the precise situation in south Tipperary to which the Deputy referred, as he knows everything about everything in County Tipperary, I am sure he understands whatever the complexities may be.

I never suggested any such thing.

I would really like to see County Tipperary having the full value of the GP card for all children under six. Whatever the issues are, I hope they can be resolved as quickly as possible and that the doctors of south Tipperary can join the scheme.

Talk to the organisation.