Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister told me he is not counting the numbers but also that the figure has increased. They are some very fancy calculations. I have asked questions on primary care centres and the consistent answer I have received is that services will be provided from within existing resources. Does the Minister have a figure in mind for what constitutes a multidisciplinary team? How many staff are required? Is there a patient population ratio to primary care centre element? Are they hitting targets? Have any targets been set? Are we simply being told not to worry because figures are increasing and that one should not worry if one does not see them in Balbriggan? I have not seen any there because Balbriggan is not getting any additional staff, something for which I have repeatedly asked. I have said before that the Minister is not serious about primary care because if he was, there would be targets and he would be able to tell us where staff are going or that they are being deployed in the community.

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