Health Services
Dail Éireann — 2024-04-30
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Roderic O'Gorman (GP), Dublin West

I thank the Deputy. She has raised the issue of the need for additional support for Ballaghaderreen. We are dealing with a small but important issue in terms of access to a leisure facility service. I communicated with the Deputy on that earlier today.
Where there is high pressure on health services, we look to see whether measures can be put in place that will divert some of the international protection applicants or Ukrainians from those services. This has been done in a number of locations across the country in conjunction with the HSE and HSE social inclusion. I do not have a full list for the Deputy. I can look to speak to the Minister for Health or HSE; they would have a clear list. We have looked to put in place solutions in certain areas to divert, through the provision of bespoke medical services, Ukrainians and international protection applicants from GP lists so that people do not experience delays beyond the existing pressures that we all recognise are on GP services.

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Sitting date: 2024-04-30