Bernard Allen (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on recent comments made by medical experts that the shortage of general practitioners here is one of the reasons there are major bottlenecks in introducing a feasible and affordable health care system as contained in the report Social Health Insurance: Further Options for Ireland. [17827/08]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The Report referred to by the Deputy, Social Health Insurance: Further Options for Ireland, was published by the Adelaide Hospital Society on 16 April 2008 as a contribution to the debate on the health care system in Ireland. As part of its examination, the report looks at the supply of General Practitioners and other medical professionals in Ireland. My Department is currently considering this report.