General Practitioner Services

2764. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the current general practitioner to population in the Fingal area, particularly in Balbriggan, Skerries, Rush and Lusk; how this compares to the national average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41900/25]

2765. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to address the capacity constraints of GP services in Fingal where population growth has outpaced GP supply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41901/25]

2766. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the number of public health contracts, by general practitioner in Fingal, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41902/25]

2767. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the plans her Department has to expand general practitioner training placements or incentivise practice establishment in high growth areas such as Balbriggan, Rush and Lusk, where demand is increasing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41903/25]

2865. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health to consider the use of private out of hours services or private 24-hour access doctors to alleviate the long delays in medical card patients accessing appointments with their GP; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42440/25]

3101. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the criteria required to open a DDoc service in the north of Swords; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43224/25]

3157. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the plan to deal with the lack of GP provision in Louth and throughout the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43499/25]

517. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the entitlements available to general practitioners under the general medical scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40254/25]

244. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of operating GP surgeries per town in Cork south west, by town or by townland, in tabular form. [39841/25]

309. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the length of the waiting list for GP services in each county in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [40248/25]

873. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health her plans to expand the opening hours of the D-Doc services for Balbriggan, Skerries, Rush and Lusk, given the increase in population seen in recent times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38811/25]

907. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a GP or consultant can sign a document (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38940/25]

951. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health how a person can access general practitioner (GP) services in circumstances where all local GPs with GMS contracts have closed patient lists and are not accepting new patients; the options available to individuals such as a person (details supplied); if the HSE has a protocol in place to ensure continuity of care in such cases; and the steps …

366. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if GPs can charge for a patient/family who request receipts from the GP practice of the fees and charges incurred by them at the GP over a period of any timeframe from one to five years. [38491/25]

174. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of additional GPs, per county, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37982/25]

784. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown, per county, of number of GPs (or WTE) there are for the years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37282/25]

887. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health the reason some GP surgeries are implementing charges on medical card holders for various tests such as blood tests, urine sample testing and changing of dressings as an example; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37876/25]

359. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of extending free GP care to all children under 12 years in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36827/25]

384. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who requested to be seen in Southdoc Blackpool in 2025; and the number seen to date in 2025. [36934/25]

385. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of patients with an address in Cork city seen in Southdoc facilities in Cork county area. [36935/25]

387. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of GMS doctors in Cork and the number of GMS patients. [36937/25]

388. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if she will agree to allow a GP in County Meath (details supplied) access to the GMS scheme while he is waiting for a lift to be installed in his practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36967/25]

670. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the actions her Department is taking to increase the availability of GPs in the Dublin 13 area. [35192/25]

693. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the supports she has put in place for the hundreds of patients who were negatively impacted by the closure of a practice (details supplied); if she has ensured they will receive treatment; if she has ensured that they will receive repayment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35348/25]

770. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs registered in east Cork. [35591/25]