1124. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs in Westport, County Mayo; if she plans to provide more training places for doctors; and if she will incentivise them to live and work in that area. [2516/25]
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.
445
questions
439 written, 6 oral
94
TDs have asked
9
parties and groups
Independents counted together
2
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 |
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
1132. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to examine a case of a person in County Kerry (details supplied); if she will provide assistance in resolving the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2560/25]
1182. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health whether a person with a serious medical condition (details supplied) could be provided with a GP in the town they have lived in for seven years (details supplied) instead of having to travel over an hour to see their GP on a routine-basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2824/25]
1225. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health the number of practising GPs in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2978/25]
1226. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health the number of practising GPs per 100,000 population by county for each of the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2979/25]
1227. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health the number of general practices in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2980/25]
1289. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the strategic review of general practice; the timeline for completion of the final report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3329/25]
1296. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of practising GPs in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3381/25]
1297. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of practising GPs per 100,000 population, by county for each of the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3382/25]
1298. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of general practices in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3383/25]
1362. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the shortage of GPs in the County Waterford area; the impact this is having on both medical card and non-medical card patients in accessing GP services; the steps her Department will take to increase the number of general practice capacity in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3537/25]
1322. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the rural practice allowance for GPs by 33%. [46288/24]
1514. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the funding provided by the Government to the joint Irish College of General Practitioners/Health Service Executive non-EU rural GP initiative to recruit GPs from outside Ireland in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1202/25]
1517. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health for an update on any work his Department has undertaken to increase the number of general practitioners in communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1210/25]
1549. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of house calls that were carried out by doctors from each treatment centre of D-Doc services during each day of the recent Christmas-New Year period, in tabular form. [1411/25]
1556. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied) needing advice on obtaining a GP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1458/25]
1569. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health his views on whether it is correct for Caredoc in Carlow to refuse to see patients, who are under general practitioners outside the county, as they were unable to secure a GP in the county following a move some years ago (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1521/25]
1655. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the number of GP training places on offer in each of the years from 2018 to 2024; the planned increases in training places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1923/25]
1657. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors who undertook specialist training for general practice in each of the years from 2018 to 2024; the number who completed the training programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1925/25]
1663. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health his views on the provision of improved, grouped, local services for general practice patients, including X-ray facilities and ancillary services to avoid the necessity for patients to attend hospital for minor examinations and procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1951/25]