Marie Sherlock (Dublin Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I wish to put on record that three options were offered to GP Care For All, none of which are operable. Option one was the partnership model, which is simply not viable because of the risk GPs would have to take on. Almost 97% or 98% of this practice is GMS-reliant. The second option, which was the hybrid model, and the third option, which was direct subsidy, were not acceptable to the HSE. The options put forward by the Department of Health are not workable and the HSE has paid for Western Urgent Care to come up with proposals to send to the Department of Finance and we have heard nothing back. The onus is on the Department of Health to ensure that the Department of Finance actually acts to ensure that medical charities can continue providing these services because nobody else is providing these services in some of the most disadvantaged areas in the country.

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