Margaret Murphy O'Mahony (Cork South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is a pity the Minister, Deputy Harris, is no longer present because he might have been able to throw some light on this subject for me. Under the programme for Government, he committed to enhancing the whole area of health. Up to 2014 Kinsale, a town in west Cork, had its own SouthDoc out-of-hours doctor service. Since then, however, people have had to travel to the nearest town, which is 12 miles away. The people of Kinsale are very upset that this has been going on for so long and, through a series of public meetings, they have been making their feelings very much known. Is there a plan to re-establish their SouthDoc service?

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