857. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors who successfully completed specialist training for general practitioners in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14159/25]
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
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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 |
Who asks, by party
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.
The TDs who asked most
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The questions
472. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if ShannonDoc treatment centres based in Roscrea will extend their opening hours on Mondays to Fridays between 11 p.m. and 8 a.m. the following morning and on Fridays and on the weekends from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. on the next working day; and the estimated current cost required to extend to those opening hours. [13128/25]
506. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when she plans to publish the strategic review of general practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13270/25]
1614. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GP practices that took on new general medical services scheme patients, per county, in each of the years 2019 to 2024. [11319/25]
1638. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health her views in relation to the worry and deep frustration of families and individuals in County Meath, and across rural Ireland generally, in relation to the shortage of GPs and the consequent difficulties being experienced by many patients accessing timely GP care; and her plans to remedy this situation. [11399/25]
1689. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health what supports are made available by her Department and or the HSE for the establishment of a new medical general practice; if she has plans to enhance those supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11639/25]
1819. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health how long the HSE is actively involved in the recruitment process to find a replacement GP following a vacancy in a practise with a GMS contract, if this involvement always results in a new GP to fill the vacancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12242/25]
1820. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs replaced following vacancies in a practise with a GMS contract, from 2018 to 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12243/25]
1821. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs on the GP training scheme from 2018 to 2024; the number of GP’s in those years who signed up for the GMS scheme, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12244/25]
1840. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the action she is taking to expand GP services in Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12346/25]
1841. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the action she is taking to expand GP services in Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12347/25]
1853. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the GP to community health network population ratio for all HSE health regions, broken down into healthcare areas, for the years 2018 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12462/25]
65. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the actions taken by her Department to ensure the continued existence of a practice (details supplied) in Dublin 1 which is currently facing closure due to provisions introduced in the Finance (No. 2) Act 2003 amending section 1008A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997; her plans to support the existence of medical charities operating GP practices in socially dis…
71. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health her views on the worry and deep frustration of families and individuals in County Waterford and across rural Ireland about the shortage of GPs and the consequent difficulties being experienced by many patients accessing timely GP care, especially in rural communities. [10113/25]
160. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if she has engaged with SouthDoc on the closure of SouthDoc, Blackpool; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10196/25]
172. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health the action she is taking to expand GP services in Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10051/25]
174. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health if she will consider establishing a 24/7 Shannon Doc service in Thurles, County Tipperary, considering only one 24/7 Shannon Doc service currently operates in Nenagh, County Tipperary for the entire population of north Tipperary within the mid-west region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9753/25]
383. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the reason the existence and tax treatment of medical charities operating GP practices is currently not under consideration as part of the primary care review is being undertaken by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10131/25]
401. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs per thousand of population, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10295/25]
191. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs in Longford and Westmeath that are trained in opioid substitution treatment. [9999/25]
692. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that it is now virtually impossible for any new patient in County Wexford to be accepted by any of the existing GP practices, which are at capacity in terms of service delivery; the plans she intends to put in place to address this critical health issue (details supplied); if she plans to provide particular incentives to attract new doctors to wo…
693. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the number of GPs located in County Louth; and what actions are being taken to increase the number of GP services in Louth, considering that current GPs are unable to accept new patients. [9361/25]
703. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health to facilitate people unable to register with a GP due to the shortage by allowing them to attend out-of-hours services in the short-term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9448/25]
750. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the qualifying criteria for a general GP visit card; if patients experiencing long-term illnesses that require frequent GP visits could be added to this criterion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9626/25]
296. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs per hundred thousand of population in each county for each of the years 2018 to 2024 in tabular form. [8442/25]