On behalf of my Labour Party colleagues, I wish the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, his wife, Caoimhe, and their new child well. The idea of taking paternity leave is a very good one.

I have another health question for the Tánaiste. He will recall that the roll-out of free GP care was a Labour Party initiative that began in the term of office of the last Government. In bad financial times we were able to make great progress with it, but it has stalled since the change of Government. There is a commitment in the programme for Government to roll out free GP care to the under-18s. Given the lack of young adolescent mental health supports, this would be a very important contribution. When will the commitment be implemented to roll out free GP care to the under-18s?

It is a cost and management issue. One cannot simply roll something out without the agreement of GPs on how it is to be done, capacity and so on.

It was done for children under the age of six years.

Yes. We have started on a road on which we intend to continue and it has been very successful to date. However, lessons do need to be learned from past decisions. It cannot be rushed in trying to move too quickly, without ensuring the costs can be met and the capacity to deliver the service. The Deputy is aware that there have been ongoing discussions between GPs and the Department of Health on the services provided by GPs. Those consultations will continue.