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

It is welcome that a lot of good work has been done to improve women's health services. Again, the funding for endometriosis services is welcome. Endometriosis is very prevalent. One of the criticisms levelled by women who suffer with the condition is that GPs are unable to diagnose it and thus provide care. Some women have had to wait many years before being diagnosed. Others have had to go abroad for treatment and so forth. Those who suffer with endometriosis have criticised the fact that GPs who work in the primary care system have a poor knowledge of the condition. I know that because a number of weeks ago there was a presentation on endometriosis in the audiovisual Room at which we heard from women with endometriosis. I found it hard to hear that women have had to suffer for many years without a diagnosis. One of the criticisms levelled by these women relates to the lack of knowledge of the condition among GPs.