Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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688. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions being made to maintain out-of-hours general practitioner services such as ShannonDoc during the Covid-19 pandemic. [34737/20]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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A package of supports for general practice is in place since March to ensure that regular essential general practice services and existing levels of out of hours services are maintained and to also allow GPs to assist in the national response to Covid-19.

The arrangements to support GP out of hours during the current public health emergency have been enhanced and extended to 31st of December, 2020 with each GP Out Of Hours Co-Operative receiving a grant payment based on 100% of the daily average costs of all in-person out of hours consultations (provided in the treatment centre and domiciliary based) involving GMS patients provided.