I propose to take Questions Nos. 813 to 818, inclusive, together.
The Deputy will appreciate that I did not hold the office of Minister for Health during the period in question and therefore can respond only insofar as the records held in my Department indicate. Following the reaching of agreement on a reform package dealing with a range of GP service and contractual issues, it was necessary to draft a formal and detailed agreement text which would form the basis on which implementation would be progressed and assessed. The HSE managed the preparation of the document text. This process took a number of weeks and a number of drafts were created and circulated between parties for review in this context, before the final text was agreed in all respects between the parties.
Drafts 1 and 2 of the Agreement were circulated by the HSE to the negotiating parties on the 3rd of April 2019, after the parties had reached agreement on all matters of substance. On foot of those documents, additional consultations took place between the parties, and version 4 was circulated on 17 April. My Department has found no records in relation to version 3, which was created by the HSE as a working version to track changes in the text. The Department has found no records relating to the circulation of version 2 other than between the officials involved.