Alex White (Dublin South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

He is suggesting that consultations may be as short as two or three minutes. In my job, I engage with doctors all the time, as does the Minister for Health. We are very well aware of what is happening on the ground in the services. It is simply not credible to suggest that we can address this enormous challenge for the health services overnight. We are introducing these changes and universal access to primary care is at the heart of it. I still do not know Deputy Kelleher's view of universal access to free GP services and whether he supports the proposal for free GP care for those aged under six.

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