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Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: ...earlier and said that spending has increased by €800 million, or 40%, since 2019. It might be true but this is not about money. It is about mismanagement and pure neglect of rural and urban areas. GPs are not valued or respected. They have an ever-increasing workload. In my county, there are advertisements on Tipp FM and other radio stations asking people not to attend Limerick...

Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...I commend the Rural Independent Group on tabling this important motion on an issue that affects every community in my constituency of Clare. As I have mentioned in this House on many occasions, GP availability in Clare is 33% below the national average. Meanwhile, we saw in the recent census results that Clare is on a par with the national increases in population. People from all sides...

Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...in rural communities and for their interest in and commitment to the issue. I acknowledge the issues various Members raised, such as the delays patients are facing in getting appointments with GPs and some GP practices not currently accepting new patients. The Government has substantially increased investment in general practice in recent years in an effort to increase GP capacity....

Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: .... I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion, whose subject matter is close to my heart for the simple reason that, in Galway East, which is predominantly rural, people trying to find a GP contact my constituency office weekly. This is not an issue in rural areas alone because it is also happening in Tuam, the largest town in the county. Mothers come to my office distressed...

Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2024)

Thomas Pringle: ...divert patients from hospitals and keep them in the community, where they can be treated most cheaply, which is vital. I support this motion's call for the Government to increase the number of GPs through sustained Government funding and a long-term GP workforce strategy. It has become clear in recent years that Ireland does not have enough GPs to meet patient numbers, especially in...

Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2024)

Marian Harkin: ...of his nephew. I thank the Rural Independent Group for tabling this motion on the significant and ever-increasing gaps in healthcare provision in rural communities. Over two thirds of rural GPs are unable to take on new patients and there are waiting times of up to two weeks for non-emergency appointments. In my limited time, I want to raise three issues, the first of which...

Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2024)

Verona Murphy: ...Group for tabling this motion. I also pay my sympathies to Deputy Michael Collins on the loss of his nephew. Where to start? The reality is we have a very serious problem within our GP sector and within rural Ireland in general in the provision of healthcare. Our GPs do not feel supported, as we have heard a number of times. I noted the comments of the Minister of State, Deputy...

Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2024)

Duncan Smith: 11 o’clock I also want to extend my sympathies and those of the Labour Party to Deputy Collins on his loss. I thank the Rural Independent Group for bringing forward this motion on GP numbers and rural healthcare. I will send the Minister of State a note on this, but there is a situation with a community nursing home in Nenagh that has been in development for seven years. My...

Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: ...on the tragic loss of his nephew. My thoughts are with Michael's family and friends and the wider community. I am grateful for the opportunity to talk about the provision of healthcare and GP services in rural areas. In Cork South West, we are very familiar with the pressures on and failures relating to health services in rural communities. The blunt truth is that the current GP...

Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Deputies for bringing forward this motion and for giving us an opportunity to discuss the dire state of access to GP care across the State. I represent north County Dublin. My constituents are no different from the people we have heard described here. They wait for GP services and appointments, and they cannot get onto lists. Only last week, I spoke to a woman who has three...

Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2024)

Pa Daly: ...'s Sláintecare Report. Despite the commitment to ending the two-tier system contained within the health service, little progress has been made. This is especially the case in the context of GP care. The Sláintecare Report states: A new GP contract is due to be negotiated in 2017. The new contract provides an opportunity for the GPs to provide the core leadership role in...

Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2024)

Martin Browne: From the inability to find a GP with the capacity to take on new patients, to dental services being unable to provide the most urgent procedures within an acceptable timeframe, to home support hours being inadequate, rural Ireland is being left behind. After being contacted by yet another constituent who is experiencing difficulties in getting orthodontic treatment for their child I was told...

Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: ...family at this heartbreaking time. I thank the Rural Independents for bringing forward this motion. Rural communities face unique barriers to healthcare. We have one of the lowest rates of GPs in Europe. I commend the people of Lahardane this morning on what they have done to retain the GP service within their community. They are an example to communities across this country but...

Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2024)

Martin Kenny: I thank the Rural Independents for bringing forward this motion. Rural healthcare, and particularly GP services, is in crisis across every constituency. Certainly across my constituency, we continually have people contacting our office. These are people who have moved into the area or who have moved from Dublin or abroad but they cannot get a GP. All of the GPs are full. That is the...

Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: ...State, including in many of our rural communities. They have been worsening in recent years. I see it throughout many towns and villages in Roscommon and Galway. People are unable to see their GP and are waiting for weeks for an appointment to see their GP and more and more GP surgeries are running waiting lists and are unable to take new patients. It is obvious that the situation is...

Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: We need more GP services. I appeal to the Minister-----

Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2024)

Pauline Tully: ...local communities. It has underfunded the health service, making it more difficult to deliver reform and improve local health services. When there is a situation when more than two out of three GPs in rural Ireland are not taking on new patients, there is a very big issue. Others have waiting times of up to two weeks for an appointment. I know people who have moved into an area and...

Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...few days. We pass on our condolences and sincerely wish them strength and that God will assist them in this very difficult time they are encountering. This motion is basically about the lack of GPs. People cannot get a satisfactory service with GPs at present. Elderly people cannot get appointments. No GP is in a position to take on local families, including those returning to...

Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2024)

Mary Butler: ...practice has increased from €561 million in 2019 to €784 million in 2022, with expenditure in 2023 likely to exceed €800 million; — some areas are experiencing challenges in attracting General Practitioners (GPs); — the implementation of the 2019 GP Agreement increased the Rural Practice Grant by 10 per cent, increasing the financial support to rural...

Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...professional, quality care at the heart of the local community, is the cornerstone of the Irish health service, with general practitioners being the first port of call for patients. Over two thirds of GPs, 66%, in rural Ireland are currently unable to take on new patients, with some reporting waiting times of up to two weeks for an appointment according to a survey by the Irish...