Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 6 October 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children

Health Services: Quarterly Update

4:30 pm

Photo of Kathleen LynchKathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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Even where there are vacancies for GPs, and there are more difficulties in some areas than in others, those areas are still covered by a locum service. There is no area that does not have coverage because of a vacancy, though we would much rather have a permanent person in post.