879. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if a GP is entitled to charge a patient for, and only for, referring them to a private hospital or public hospital for a consultation. [73545/26]
Topics / General Practitioner Services
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsGeneral Practitioner Services
445 questions from 94 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.
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439 written, 6 oral
94
TDs have asked
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parties and groups
Independents counted together
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departments asked
Questions per month
The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.
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| Month | Questions |
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| January 2025 | 9 |
| February 2025 | 37 |
| March 2025 | 31 |
| April 2025 | 26 |
| May 2025 | 27 |
| June 2025 | 42 |
| July 2025 | 33 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 9 |
| October 2025 | 16 |
| November 2025 | 25 |
| December 2025 | 16 |
| January 2026 | 29 |
| February 2026 | 16 |
| March 2026 | 23 |
| April 2026 | 33 |
| May 2026 | 19 |
| June 2026 | 19 |
| July 2026 | 17 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 11 |
| October 2026 | 7 |
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The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.
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The questions
610. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the assistance available to a person (details supplied) who does not hold a medical card or GP visit card and has been unable to register with a GP despite repeated attempts over five years who now requires medical support for significant mental health difficulties; and whether the HSE can assist him in accessing a GP. [70172/26]
612. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if she will urgently intervene in the case of a general practitioner practice in Westport, County Mayo, which is facing closure due to the loss of its premises; whether she has sought a report from the Health Service Executive on the matter; the efforts being made to prevent the displacement of more than 600 public patients and hundreds of additional private pati…
613. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the contingency plans are in place to ensure continuity of care for patients affected by the impending closure of a general practitioner practice in Westport, County Mayo; the number of patients expected to require reassignment to another general practitioner; whether neighbouring practices have capacity to accept additional patients; and if she will make a state…
615. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the impending closure of a general practitioner practice in Westport, County Mayo, due to the sale of the premises by the landlord; the number of public and private patients affected; the steps being taken by the Health Service Executive to secure alternative accommodation for the practice; whether space within the Westport Primary Care Centre …
673. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health the advice that she can provide to a person (details supplied) resident in Monaghan who has contacted every GP in the county and has been unable to register with a GP for them and their child. [70459/26]
690. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health in view of the closure of the adult diabetes clinic at the Regional Hospital Mullingar and the fact that affected patients are being directed to GP services in the interim, if temporary GP visit card eligibility will be provided to those patients, particularly those who have previously been refused a medical card or GP visit card; and if not, if another form of d…
843. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health to provide the number of GP visits to Cape Clear, from 2024 to date in 2026; and to detail the efforts being undertaken by her Department to expand GP access on the island. [68859/26]
215. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of requests received for assistance with assignment to a GP or dentist from medical card holders, GP visit card holders and persons without such qualification, for each full year 2016 to 2025 and for the period 1 January to 31 August in 2025 and 2026, nationally, by HSE Health Region and by local area, broken down by GP and dentist requests and appl…
539. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health if she will increase and reform the dedicated funding available to GP practices serving remote rural communities and areas of urban deprivation; and if she will outline her plans in this regard. [66407/26]
1149. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Health the services the HSE and her Department have in assisting a person who has been living in an area for five years and is struggling to secure a GP place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64436/26]
1161. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health whether consideration was given to allocating the social deprivation practice support grant at practice level rather than individual GP level, given that the grant is intended to support additional clinical, nursing and key-worker resources within the practice; and if she will provide the analysis underpinning the decision taken. [64466/26]
1163. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the rationale for assessing eligibility for the Social Deprivation Practice Support Grant under Circular NCO-02-2026 on the basis of individual GMS GP patient panels rather than on the basis of the overall patient population served by a GP practice; and whether an assessment was undertaken of the impact of this approach on group practices. [64465/26]
1164. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of GP practices that received the Social Deprivation Practice Support Grant under the previous application-based system but were deemed ineligible under the 2025 geo-coding and deprivation ranking model; and if she will provide a county-by-county breakdown. [64463/26]
1173. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the reason a doctors practice in Tipperary did not qualify for the social deprivation practice support grant for 2025-2027 despite serving an area identified as experiencing significant socio-economic disadvantage under the Pobal HP (Haase-Pratschke) Deprivation Index; whether the HSE considered deprivation at practice level or solely at individual GP panel le…
1345. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health the number of GP practices and practising GPs currently serving Celbridge and the wider north Kildare area; whether an assessment has been undertaken of GP capacity and demand in the area; and the measures that are being taken to increase GP and primary care capacity in light of ongoing population growth. [65214/26]
1366. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the number of people who have been removed from a GP patient list in each of the past five years, by county; the measures in place to support patients who cannot secure a place with another GP; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65389/26]
1431. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if GP's are permitted to limit patient appointments to 12 minutes (details supplied). [65718/26]
3274. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health the training or guidance provided to GPs regarding the recognition and management of premenstrual dysphoric disorder; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55504/26]
3372. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of people currently on a waiting list for a GP place in north Kildare; the average waiting time for same; the number of those who have been waiting for longer than six months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56050/26]
3373. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 517 of 14 May 2026, the name and location of the GP practices that have been identified to receive the social deprivation practice support grant for GMS for the 2025-2027 term; the level of funding allocated to each of those practices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56051/26]
509. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs participating in the free contraception scheme, by county, in tabular form. [54412/26]
510. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs in the State, by county, in tabular form. [54413/26]
569. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs and GPs providing GMS services, by local health area and per 10,000 population, at the end of July 2026 compared to end of July 2025, in tabular form. [54697/26]
575. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs and GPs providing GMS services, by local health area and per 10,000 population, in the past five years to end of July 2026, in tabular form. [54703/26]