Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Other Deputies and I have been contacted about the difficulties in gaining access to a GP, even in very urban areas. In the past year, I have received a fair few emails just about seeing a GP where I live, Dublin Mid-West. There are people who have contacted 15 or 20 practices but who have not been taken by them. This is a huge issue. I am not blaming the witnesses, obviously, because there is a shortage. People are going outside their own areas, and even constituencies, to try to find a GP. The shortage of GPs affects not only those in rural areas but also those in urban areas. GPs can take only so many in their practices.