Last week, when I raised with the Taoiseach the issue of a GP service that is closing in Blarney in Cork he said the HSE should seek an interim GP. He also said he would follow up with the HSE and the Minister. Patients have now received letters sending them to GPs in Ballincollig, which has no direct link to Blarney. Some will be going as far as Ovens. This is despite an offer from a GP to run a temporary service and despite the Taoiseach's assurances. I assume that if the Taoiseach instructs the HSE to appoint a temporary GP, it would do this. The service is to close on 31 December. Will the Taoiseach please explain to the people of Blarney why this is happening?

My understanding is that last week, Deputy Gould informed the House that an interim agreement had been arrived at.

No, I asked the Taoiseach to do it.

He said the HSE had communicated with him that it had an arrangement in place. I remember he and Deputy-----

No, that was Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan.

Deputy O'Sullivan was in the House but he is not here today to enlighten us.

Unfortunately, he got it wrong. He thinks the people of Ballincollig and Blarney-----

I think maybe Deputy Gould and Deputy O'Sullivan-----

Does Deputy Gould never get it wrong?

I am not wrong; I am out with the people. I am on the ground.

Deputy Gould is never wrong.

I am not going to ask the two Deputies to step outside the Chamber.

No, we are okay.

What I would say to the Deputy is that the legislation governing the HSE does not allow for a Taoiseach of the day, no matter who that is, to simply issue instructions to do this or that. That is not the way it works. I hear what the Deputy is saying. It is a localised issue involving the HSE in the Cork area. It needs to resolve this in the best interests of the community of Blarney. I will follow up-----

Going to Ballincollig from Blarney is too far. The Taoiseach knows the area himself.

I do, and well.