Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 21 September 2016

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare

General Practice in Disadvantaged Areas

9:00 am

Dr. David Gibney:

It actually costs money to do it. It should be done in general practice. One of our doctors went off and trained in minor surgery. However, there is a small payment - I cannot remember it - of €20 or €30 for doing it, but one has to provide all the instruments and the suturing material, so we actually ended up paying money to perform the minor surgery. It just was not viable.

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