Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Neither I nor Deputy Kelleher would want to give a signal that, somehow or other, there are GPs practising who are not on the specialist register. They are all on it. The contract is not available unless a GP is on the specialist register. This reassurance needs to be made.

There has been a significant uptake. In the coming days, there will be more. It is not as if we will have a cut-off point on 5 June. Rather, that is the point at which we will start putting details online so as that young families can see who is available in their areas.

Delays resulted from the court case that was taken by an individual. The courts determined to give the HSE two weeks. However, there is no delay in registration or access. That process is going ahead. As we speak, more contracts are arriving. Deputy Kelleher will agree that GPs, by their nature, are cautious people, and so they should be, as they are dealing with the health of the nation. They want to consider what is available to them. In the main, though, they are signing up and we are receiving new contracts every day.

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