Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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190. To ask the Minister for Health the cost paid by the State for a general practitioner visit under the general medical services scheme. [27340/19]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Under the General Medical Services (GMS) contract, GPs are reimbursed for a range of services they provide to medical card and GP visit card holders.

GPs are remunerated for these services primarily on a capitation basis rather than a per-visit basis, with a range of additional support payments and fees for specific items of service. It is therefore not possible to calculate the cost of a general practitioner visit under the GMS contract.

The table below outlines the current indicative annual cost for GP visit card eligibility and medical card eligibility, by age group.

Note: Indicative costings compiled by the HSE Primary Care Reimbursement Service, based on claims for the 12-month period to December 2018.