Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2021-04-22
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Thomas Gould (SF), Cork North-Central

For 13 months, SouthDoc in Blackpool has been closed. The people of Cork North-Central need this vital out-of-hours GP service. I ask the Tánaiste to commit to investigating why SouthDoc is receiving €7.29 million from the State to provide a service that it is not providing to the people of Cork North-Central. It would not happen in the constituencies of the Tánaiste or the Taoiseach, so why it is happening in my constituency and to the constituents that I represent? We do not want a part-time service or half a service. We want SouthDoc in Blackpool to be reopened with a full service, because that is what the people deserve. That is what this Government is paying for. Will the Tánaiste and the Government to reopening SouthDoc in Blackpool immediately with a full service?

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Sitting date: 2021-04-22