I will certainly read them again if that is what the Senator wants. In early 2012, the HSE embarked on a prioritisation exercise for primary care centres. In some locations it had advanced discussions with developers and GPs on leasing premises for primary care services. This was deemed most appropriate.

Obviously Members do not want to listen to what I am saying. They have their own opinions but they are not prepared to listen to anyone else.

The Leader is standing over stroke politics.

This is par for the course for some Senators on the other side. A number of other high priority locations were selected for direct investment by the Health Service Executive using Exchequer funds from the HSE capital allocation. The remaining locations were then considered for development by way of public private partnerships as a result of the Government's stimulus package. The criteria used for the primary care centres under the public private partnership model were as follows: the deprivation index for the catchment population of the centre; the service priority identified by each integrated service area local health office; an accommodation assessment which reviewed the accommodation available-----

I am trying to provide the information Senators seek. It speaks volumes that they are still not prepared to listen.

The information does not make any more sense the second time around.

Please allow the Leader to continue, without interruption.

The Senator asked what the criteria were and I am providing them. He is not prepared to listen.

We listened to them the first time. They do not sound any better the second time around.

The Senator has an opinion and does not want to listen to anybody else.

Does the Leader believe that? He should tell us what really happened.

Order, please. Allow the Leader to continue, without interruption.

The HSE carried out an accommodation assessment which reviewed the accommodation available to the primary care teams in the catchment areas.

Will the Leader explain the timing? Did it take place at noon or 11 p.m. the previous night? Perhaps it was at 10 a.m.

This examined the quality of the accommodation and whether it was spread over more than one building. Additional criteria applied by the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, were as follows: competition; general practitioner co-operation; general practitioner to population ratio and cost-effective GP buy-in; existing health facilities; pressures on services, particularly acute services; funding options, including Exchequer funded HSE build or lease; and implementability of the public private partnership. Those are some of the criteria but I can spell out many more.

On a point of order, will the Leader read the criteria applied by the former Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Róisín Shortall?

That is not a point of order. The Senator should resume his seat and allow the Leader to continue, without interruption.