General Practitioner Services

771. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the number of registered GPs in east Cork who accept medical cards. [35592/25]

779. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health how many GP visits were there in 2022, 2023 and 2024, the average cost of visiting a GP in each year, and the total revenue from GP visits in each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35671/25]

790. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Health when the GP contract for Ballymore Eustace Health Centre is next due for tender; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35730/25]

839. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health to provide the current GP-to-patient ratio in the Saggart area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36089/25]

841. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide routine blood tests free of charge for all, as currently, the fee, ranging from €25 to €55, is causing a lot of stress, in both health and financial terms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36097/25]

16. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the progress on increasing the number of GPs and GP practices across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34667/25]

24. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health her response to the ESRI report on future capacity requirements for GP services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34603/25]

61. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if the strategic review examining issues affecting general practice in the State has been completed, given the serious shortage of GPs and appointment availability in the State; if so, the findings made in the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34864/25]

75. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will commit to introducing salaried GPs, employed directly by the HSE; the status of the Programme for Government commitment to ‘explore the recruitment of HSE employed GPs’; the timeline she is working towards in progressing this commitment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34814/25]

78. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the number of practising GPs currently in Laois; the prescribed ratio per head of population; the number taking contracts under the general medical scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34863/25]

84. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to provide additional supports for GP practices in rural areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34810/25]

99. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health how she intends to provide targeted supports for newly qualified GPs and to GP practices that take on newly qualified GPs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34811/25]

101. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the specific actions her Department is taking to ensure that GP practices are being set up in disadvantaged areas and/or areas with few or no GPs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34933/25]

104. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health if she has had any discussions in relation to the recruitment of HSE-employed GPs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34867/25]

105. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the number of practising GPs currently in the State; the number taking contracts under the general medical scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34862/25]

111. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health her plans on the ESRI’s publication of the second health service capacity report, and specifically, the plans to increase the number of GPs and nurses nationally to meet the needs of rural communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34892/25]

334. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the strategic review of general practice; the steps concluded thus far; the steps remaining; the timeline for completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35073/25]

183. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the funding provided from the years 2020 to 2025 for the employment of HSE-salaried general practitioners, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34576/25]

386. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health to confirm the current status of SouthDoc in Blackpool, as a number of users in the northside of Cork city have stated that the service appears to be wound down, that when they call to make an appointment that they are referred to a SouthDoc service on the southside of the city which is particularly difficult for people who have limited transpor…

387. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the number of appointments taken in SouthDoc in Blackpool, Cork, in each of the past 12 months; the number of patients that were unable to be seen in Blackpool and were referred to SouthDoc in Kinsale Road, Cork from Blackpool in the same time period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33241/25]

157. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the action she is taking to ensure GPs follow a circular from the HSE regarding charging medical card holders for blood tests; if she agrees with this practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33020/25]

166. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the action she is taking to ensure GPs follow a circular from the HSE regarding charging medical card holders for blood tests; if she agrees with this practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33078/25]

179. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if she will consider removing the requirement of a GP prescription for the provision of the HPV vaccine in pharmacies by adding it to the Eighth Schedule of the Medicinal Products (Prescription and Control of Supply) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2015; if the health benefits of enabling easier access to the HPV vaccine through administrati…

784. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in each of the community area networks of north Kerry, south Kerry and west Kerry. [32009/25]

785. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in each of the community area networks of northeast Cork, south Cork city, west Cork, north Cork city, central Cork, east central Cork, Douglas Blackrock, Mahon and east Cork city. [32010/25]