Duncan Smith (Dublin Fingal, Labour)
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240. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners providing vasectomy services through GMS contracts across all CHOs for each year for 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22514/22]

Duncan Smith (Dublin Fingal, Labour)
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241. To ask the Minister for Health if he has concerns regarding the provision of vasectomy services through GMS contracts in terms of capacity and following recent retirements of general practitioners providing the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22515/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 240 and 241 together.

As the issues raised are service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.