Seán Kyne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Cathal Crowe referred to the issues with Shannondoc. There are similar issues with Westdoc in Galway and the expansion of GP services to my own village of Moycullen as well as to Rosscahill and Oughterard. I have heard, although I have not had it substantiated, that there may be a reluctance among Galway city GPs to carry out that expansion. They feel they have enough to do in the city and they do not wish to take on new work in those locations. Is this something the witnesses have encountered in other areas? Will funding solve it or is it an issue of whether personnel are willing to take up that extra responsibility and extra work?