Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I do not want to incur the wrath of Job again so I will keep it to 60 seconds. We are aware that in some parts of the country, we do not have enough GPs. In response, over the last number of years, we have tripled the number of training places. Now, for every GP who is leaving practice and retiring, two new GPs are coming in. We have augmented that with international GPs using an international programme through the Irish College of General Practitioners. Year on year, the number of GPs is increasing. It will take time for that to be felt right across the country. We are now well on our way to addressing the real concerns the Deputy raised.

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