Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 March 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion

Photo of Seán CroweSeán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for their participation. On the GMS scheme and the contracts in place with GPs, as I am sure the HSE staff here are aware, due to the huge demands on GPs in rolling out Covid-19 vaccinations, many levels of healthcare cannot be provided for. Most people understand and accept that. That is a reality as mass vaccination is rolled out but I am concerned by a few scenarios I would consider essential. Recently, the GP of a young man who had been accepted, in principle, to the Air Corps could not do the required final assessments as he or she was too busy. Are the witnesses aware, as the administrative body for the GMS, of shortcomings during Covid-19 vaccination roll-out in terms of the level provided by GPs?

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