General Practitioner Services

106. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the definitive timeline for the completion of the Strategic Review of General Practice; the reason for the delay in completing the review, given that the original competition date was the end of 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17721/26]

110. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health her plans to increase the number of GPs in Ireland and, in particular, in County Meath, which has the lowest number of GPs in the State per population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16265/26]

889. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of newly qualified general practitioners who took up work in County Louth and East Meath in 2025 and to-date in 2026. [16852/26]

890. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Louth and east Meath who were unable to find a general practitioner to register with and who made contact with the HSE seeking assistance for each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to-date 2026. [16853/26]

891. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners who have retired in 2025 and 2026 in County Louth and East Meath. [16854/26]

892. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners currently registered and operational in County Louth and East Meath. [16855/26]

893. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the average number of patients per head currently registered with general practitioners in County Louth and East Meath. [16856/26]

894. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans to extend the number of general practitioners and access to GP’s in County Louth and East Meath. [16857/26]

897. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health is she can outline the options for people living in Rush, Lusk, Skerries, Balbriggan and surrounding villages/areas who need access to a GP outside normal business hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16875/26]

898. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if the D Doc or other out-of-hours GP service will be extended to Balbriggan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16876/26]

900. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to increase GP recruitment and retention in areas of population growth, including Lifford, County Donegal; the supports available for those currently on GP waiting lists, or who have to wait long periods for access to a GP; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16881/26]

634. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health the contingency plan in place for the provision of general practitioner services in Ratoath and Dunboyne County Meath, pending the retirement of general practitioners from the provision of medical services in these towns, during the first quarter of 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16104/26]

653. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total number of whole-time equivalent GPs practising in the State in each year from 2020 to 2025; the estimated population per GP ratio in each year; and whether demographic change, including inward migration, is factored into primary care workforce planning models. [13869/26]

666. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will address the exclusion of some general practices from the revised social deprivation practice grant (details supplied); if she will take urgent steps to amend the way in which deprivation is measured given the serious flaws identified in the current categorisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13926/26]

667. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if general practitioners have been provided with guidelines with respect to the diagnosis and treatment of premenstrual dysphoric disorder; if so, to provide a copy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13927/26]

281. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health if all funding has been allocated for the 2025-26 year under the social deprivation practice grant support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13148/26]

1072. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the requirements for a GP to obtain a GMS contract; and if they must fulfil any specialist training and the length of time that training takes. [11714/26]

1076. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that there is a three-year waitlist to access a GP as a new patient in Blessington, Wicklow; the measures that will be taken to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11770/26]

299. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs and GPs providing GMS services in County Louth, by local health area and per 10,000 population, as of 1 December for each of the years from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [10589/26]

339. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether a general practitioner (GP) with a GMS contract can allow another GP in their practice, or a regularly employed locum, see a GMS patient; whether there are set hours for GPs under the GMS contract or if they can work to a minimum number of hours; and whether there is any provision for the agreement of a GMS contract for less than 40 ho…

980. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health if there is a campaign or strategy in place to increase GP capacity, particularly in growing towns such as Skerries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9253/26]

1110. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to increase GP recruitment and retention in areas of population growth, including Blessington, Co. Wicklow; the supports available for those currently on GP waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9883/26]

1164. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs and GPs providing GMS services in County Meath, by local health area and per 10,000 population, on 1 December for each year form 2020 – 2025, in tabular form. [10258/26]

1003. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she expects the Strategic Review of General Practice to be completed in 2026 or 2027; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7595/26]

1071. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of GP vacancies in rural practices as of January 2026; the incentives offered to attract medical professionals to these areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7852/26]