John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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I might write to Mr. Watt about it to see if there is anything that can be done legislatively. I thank Mr. Watt.

Some of my colleagues and I suspect that some centres provide more services than others.

Seven-day operation is in the news at the moment. HSE officials might comment on it. I am not sure if the newspaper headlines captured it accurately, so here is an opportunity to clarify it. If it was accurate, would that apply to primary care centres? Would primary care centres, particularly the GP services, operate into the evening? I have constituents who cannot get appointments. One is seriously hurt and got one for three weeks ahead. In my own case, it was a week ahead. Not everybody is home. They cannot access a GP. It would be great if they ran into the evening and perhaps primary care could lead on that.