Dr. Diarmuid Quinlan:

The crisis is particularly acute in rural Ireland. The number of GPs in places such as Skibbereen, Lisdoonvarna, Caherciveen, Achill Island is simply not sufficient to look after the patients. This is about patient care. In the areas I mentioned, the crisis is particularly acute. Those areas need more GPs. For a person living in Lisdoonvarna, for example, there is not a university teaching hospital ten or 15 minutes' drive away. We need resources to specifically support rural general practice