Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

With regard to the ongoing crisis we are unfortunately experiencing in regard to primary care, what is the Government's position going to be on the rolling out of primary care centres? There is chaos in terms of the HSE's ability to deliver primary care centres.

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With regard to the negotiation of a new GP contract, I will give the example of my own constituency where there are 46 GPs. Eleven of them are due to retire within the next five years. They cannot find replacements, cover or locum GPs. In the context of the negotiation of the new GP contract, bearing in mind that the existing contract is 40 years in existence and is not suitable to the modern day delivery of GP care, when will that legislation be tabled?

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