Results 21-29 of 29 for gp speaker:Brian Stanley

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022)

Brian Stanley: ...them, they are sent 60 or 70 miles away across two or three counties to a refuge. Their children are taken away from schools, from social workers and, very importantly, from family support, the GP and all other services. It creates chaos, and that is the only way I can describe it. It is making it difficult for people to leave those situations. Even in genuine cases of domestic...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Brian Stanley: ...It is a substantial amount of money. A number of other European countries and the USA have regulations in place to govern the situation. Mr. Watt will be aware that a number of companies are buying up GP practices, so they could have ten or 20. We do know that we have a high prescription rate of drugs. I am not medically qualified to say whether that is right or wrong but, apparently,...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2021)

Brian Stanley: ...budget invest more than the Government does, but we target our funding at the front line. We want to tackle waiting lists, provide additional ICU capacity, increase general hospital beds and expand primary care and GP capacity. We cannot make progress without expanding GP capacity. I welcome the progress that has been made on the carer's allowance and other supports, as these people...

Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Jul 2020)

Brian Stanley: ...that this cannot be done overnight but we can make some simple changes to the current system that will make a major difference. In our election manifesto in February, my party committed to two free GP visits per year for everyone who does not have a medical card and a full medical card entitlement for those who have cancer. We know that is not enough but these measures can be done in...

Mandatory Open Disclosure: Motion (15 May 2018)

Brian Stanley: ...is structured, cannot function due to its two-tier nature. We need to agree it is dysfunctional and move on. In terms of transparency, it is important that the results of medical tests are given to patients and their GPs immediately. This is very simple. Why can that not happen? I saw a doctor dictating a letter into a dictaphone in front of a patient in a hospital the other day so...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (17 Apr 2018)

Brian Stanley: ...all of the talk about primary care provision in the past 15 years. Abbeyleix hospital provides an opportunity to expand the primary care services in the town by adding chiropody, physiotherapy and GP services and so on, in which there is huge interest in the area. Seven years on, there is no plan. I met HSE officials, accompanied by representatives of the friends of the hospital...

Hospital Emergency Departments: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Jan 2016)

Brian Stanley: ...emergency department, he said any decision would take account of existing patient flows. There is major concern locally about this issue. There are two doctors on the other side of the House. Some 43 GPs sent a letter to me and other public representatives yesterday. They have said they are disappointed that the draft action plan which was due to be published, that is, Dr. Susan...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on the Department of the Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services for 2013
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 May 2013)

Brian Stanley: ...days, is it the Taoiseach's intention to bring forward legislation quickly to provide for 7% cuts across public sector pay? What are his intentions in that regard? Regarding the free general practitioner, GP, care, the Taoiseach confirmed in recent days that while that was due to be rolled out in the first year - we are now into year three - it has been put on ice due to potential legal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with Civic Society Representatives (9 Nov 2012)

Brian Stanley: ...not be charged for. I received a letter from Professor Tierney's organisation telling me not to make public the decision of the HSE or the Minister on this matter. Will he comment on that? Most GPs do not charge for these services. They are happy enough with what they are getting from the State but, in some practices, patients on low incomes who have to go to the GP on a regular basis,...