Written answers
Thursday, 13 July 2023
Department of Health
General Practitioner Services
David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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698. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs contracted by the HSE under the GMS scheme for the years 2018 to date, broken down by year and by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35034/23]
Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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699. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs not contracted under the GMS scheme but who are registered to provide other services including: the primary childhood immunisation scheme, the Health (Amendment) Act, 1996, heartwatch, the methadone treatment scheme, the national cancer screening service or any other service for the years 2018 to date, broken down by year, by county and by the service they deliver; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35035/23]
Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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700. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the number of GPs on the specialist division of the register in general practice for the years 2018 to date, broken down by year and by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35036/23]
Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The Medical Council, the statutory agency responsible for the registration and regulation of doctors in Ireland, have provided the information requested by the Deputy.
The data, below, is taken from the Medical Council’s register of medical practitioners, which is a “living” database. Each working day doctors are entered on, removed from, or transferred between the Divisions of the register.
The figures reported do not reflect the total number of doctors that may be working in general practice; as there may be doctors from other divisions (including the General Division of the register) that may be working within general practice.
Table 1 below sets out the number of General Practitioners (GPs) that retained their place on the Specialist Division of the register for the years 2018 to 2022. Doctors retaining their place on the register includes those who may not be clinically active and practicing in Ireland.
Table 1. GPs on Specialist Division, 2018-2022(Doctors retaining their name on the register with the Specialist Division for general practice)
2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 3801 | 3894 | 3893 | 4028 | 4082 |
Table 2 below sets out the number of General Practitioners (GPs) on the Specialist Division of the register for the years 2018 to 2022, by year. These are GPs who are/were clinically active and practicing in Ireland (it does not include the cohort of doctors who have retained but are not clinically active/practicing).
Table 2. GPs on Specialist Division, 2018-2022(Self-reported being clinically active)
2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 3438 | 3783 | 3717 | 3833 | 3926 |
Table 3 below sets out the number of General Practitioners (GPs) on the Specialist Division of the register for the years 2018 to 2022, by year and by County. These are GPs who are/were clinically active and practicing in Ireland.
Table 3. GPs on Specialist Division, 2018-2022 by County(Self-reported being clinically active and self-reported County of practice)
2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow | 42 | 46 | 44 | 38 | 41 |
| Cavan | 46 | 43 | 50 | 48 | 50 |
| Clare | 63 | 68 | 76 | 72 | 76 |
| Cork | 436 | 456 | 473 | 485 | 509 |
| Donegal | 132 | 139 | 134 | 136 | 148 |
| Dublin | 1052 | 1108 | 1146 | 1169 | 1171 |
| Galway | 239 | 256 | 271 | 274 | 280 |
| Kerry | 107 | 115 | 112 | 112 | 116 |
| Kildare | 119 | 124 | 142 | 138 | 146 |
| Kilkenny | 55 | 57 | 60 | 66 | 57 |
| Laois | 50 | 52 | 52 | 53 | 55 |
| Leitrim | 12 | 14 | 20 | 18 | 22 |
| Limerick | 163 | 171 | 168 | 186 | 186 |
| Longford | 24 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 26 |
| Louth | 88 | 90 | 91 | 96 | 95 |
| Mayo | 87 | 88 | 89 | 89 | 93 |
| Meath | 97 | 101 | 90 | 100 | 105 |
| Monaghan | 32 | 28 | 28 | 31 | 27 |
| Offaly | 45 | 47 | 40 | 42 | 50 |
| Roscommon | 45 | 46 | 45 | 47 | 50 |
| Sligo | 58 | 61 | 63 | 65 | 65 |
| Tipperary | 101 | 101 | 100 | 104 | 108 |
| Waterford | 105 | 104 | 103 | 110 | 102 |
| Westmeath | 63 | 68 | 66 | 67 | 78 |
| Wexford | 177 | 88 | 96 | 96 | 112 |
| Wicklow | - * | 97 | 96 | 104 | 114 |
| Unreported ** | - * | 193 | 38 | 61 | 44 |
| Total | 3438 | 3783 | 3717 | 3833 | 3926 |
* Data is absent for this year, however subsequent years data is recorded.
** Indicates where a Dr has not self-reported their County of practice.
David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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701. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the nature of State funding by way of subsidy to GPs; the total cost of such subsidies for the years 2018 to 2022, broken down by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35037/23]
Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Under the General Medical Services (GMS) scheme, GPs can receive subsidies towards the employment of practice staff, contributions towards locum expenses to cover periods of leave, contributions towards medical indemnity insurance premiums and support payments for rural GPs who qualify under the Rural Practice Support Framework. A support is also available to GPs working in areas of social deprivation.
In relation to the total cost of these subsidies for the years 2018 to 2022, as this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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702. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the number of GPs providing an out-of-hours care service for the years 2018 to date, broken down by year and by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35038/23]
Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
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