Parkinson's Disease Nurses

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:42): A supplementary, sir: when will the government fulfil its election promise to have these Parkinson's specialist nurses in place?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:42): As soon as we can. Bear in mind that these positions do require specialist training. You cannot just recruit and fill these positions overnight. It does take some time to recruit and to train these particular nurses. They have very specialist skills.

The SPEAKER: I call the member for Mitchell to order.