Seanad debates

Thursday, 11 June 2015

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2015: Second Stage

 

10:30 am

Photo of Thomas ByrneThomas Byrne (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I assume the child has a medical card. The treatment is not available here, so the child has to go to America for treatment. I had another case last year but that child seems to have recovered. There are a lot of problems with the health service and it is wrong to suggest this will change things. It will not.

Does the Minister of State have the up to date county by county figures? Figures given in today's Irish Independentshow a wide divergence in take-up. Is it because of the existing level of medical cards? It is very worrying that a large number of doctors, particularly those in the National Association of General Practitioners, do not want to be part of it and are worried about the huge burden being put on them. The extra work they will have to do does not appear to be fully funded.

Is it intended to roll out the provision for asthma across all age groups? At the moment, it is only intended for the under-sixes but somebody asked me about it last week.

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