Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 27 September 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Update on Sláintecare Reforms

Mr. Robert Watt:

We hope so. Obviously, there are people retiring as well, and they might retire in different areas from where the new entrants may end up. We need to balance that out. As we discussed earlier, the Minister and the Government are committed to enhancing the GP service and the number of GPs, general practice nurses and others. It is an ongoing challenge to meet some of those existing service gaps. As the Senator knows very well, they exist in parts of rural Ireland and in parts of Dublin, services are patchy; in other areas less so. It is an ongoing challenge but we are continuing to work as hard as we can to get new people in and provide the best possible service.

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