Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The deadline of 1 July 2015 is fast approaching. People in south Tipperary will have nowhere to go locally and will have to travel to Cork, Waterford or Limerick for GP care for children under six years. As Cromwell said, people can go to hell or to Connacht. The Government is refusing to negotiate with certain general practitioners and the organisation that represents them. It has negotiated with the Irish Medical Organisation and ignored other GPs. It is time it listened to doctors who want to continue to give care. There will be nowhere for children in south Tipperary to go, however, because only four GPs have signed the new contract.

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