Author's response to reviews Title: Counting on commitment; the quality of primary care-led diabetes management in a system with minimal incentives Authors:

results paragraph: ‘Ireland’ to be replaced by ‘this initiative’. This correction has been made in the revised version of the manuscript Abstract Methods; In sample ‘practices’ paragraph: -‘3’ to be replaced by ‘three’, ‘Chose’ by ‘chosen’ and ‘10’ by ‘ten’ The highlighted typing errors have been corrected in the revised version of the manuscript. Methods Sample ‘The sample represents a small proportion of the total number of GPs in Ireland (approx. 1%), reflecting the special interest nature of diabetes management in primary care’ to be replaced by ‘The sample represents nearly 1% of the total number of GPs in Ireland’ practices paragraph Methods; in sample patients paragraph Definition of adult patients: The authors probably mean > rather than <18 years This typing error has been corrected in the revised manuscript. Methods Sample patients paragraph Strengths and Limitations Standarised should be corrected to ‘standardised’ This typing error has been corrected in the revised manuscript. Discussion