General Practitioner Services
Dail Éireann — 2020-12-10
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Mick Barry (PBP), Cork North-Central

I wish to restate that this is an unacceptable situation for people on the north side of the city and beyond who have to travel to the other side of the city for out-of-hours care. Someone with a car might be able to deal with the situation. Someone without a car who faces an emergency with a young child must spend €40 on a taxi. That is completely and totally unacceptable.
I note that in reply to Cork Kerry Community Healthcare, SouthDoc has stated that this is temporary. The question is how temporary it is. Can we have a guarantee that if and when facilities are reinstated, this will not be a skeleton service with someone on the phone taking notes but no cars going out to visit people in the community? The people of the north side of the city and beyond deserve a comprehensive and fully staffed out-of-hours GP service. Can the Minister guarantee they will get that?

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Sitting date: 2020-12-10