Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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454. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of expanding general practitioner training intake to 200. [30192/18]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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194 GP training places were funded in 2018.  The HSE estimates that costs of approximately €367,926.67 and €389,093.30 would be incurred from 2021 and 2022 onwards to provide an additional 6 training places starting with the 2019 intake.

Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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455. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of the State directly employing a general practitioner inclusive of salary and PRSI costs. [30193/18]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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This information is not available.  General Practitioners are independent private contractors and there is currently no approved salary scale in the public service for this post.