Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I agree with Mr. Moran about county breakdowns. I live in south Clare, where there are a number of GP practices, but in the west of the county, resources are far more stretched.

There are out-of-hours GP support services, such as Shannon Doc in the mid-west, which has been fantastic, and we have all availed of that out-of-hours support at one time or another. Coming out of Covid, have Shannon Doc and equivalent services across the country sufficient firepower? As Deputies, particularly speaking as a Deputy from a Government party, is there more we can do to bolster that? As I have just referenced, people in west Clare and across the county lean very heavily on that out-of-hours service. Does more need to be done from a GP point of view to bolster that and give them more firepower or is the current position sufficient, coming out of Covid?