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]
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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Independents counted together
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Questions per month
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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 |
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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.
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The questions
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 hours. [10711/26]
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]
1118. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner practices in receipt of the social deprivation practice grant in each of the years since its introduction, by health region, and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form; the total amount provided in each year; the average grant awarded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8252/26]
1120. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if any additional supports will be provided to general practitioners in the most deprived areas to assist with the chronic disease management programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8254/26]
429. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health when the current SLA contract with SouthDoc is to be renewed. [7092/26]
430. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to SouthDoc in 2025. [7093/26]
431. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the process for a practice to register under the GMS for walk-in patients. [7094/26]
432. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether a person can visit a GMS-certified walk-in practice outside of operating hours and pay privately for the service. [7095/26]
433. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether a person who is registered as GMS patient to a practice can visit this practice out of opening hours and pay privately for the service. [7096/26]