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

We know there are significant vacancies in primary care right across the State. I do not expect the Minister to dispute that, but perhaps he will. Some of those vacancies exist because GPs have retired or because we simply cannot get GPs to fill the vacancies, but there is a number of vacancies in primary care centres that are run and staffed by the HSE. That is a matter that falls within the remit of the Department. It is something I believe more effort could and should be made to resolve.

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