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- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (2 Jul 2024)
Cathal Berry: The Deputy will get his opportunity to respond. To clarify, he said the information was incorrect and inadvertently given by the Minister. That is his suggestion.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (2 Jul 2024)
Mary Butler: No, he actually used the words "lie" and "liar". I heard exactly what he said. I just want to be clear-----
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (2 Jul 2024)
Cathal Berry: He clarified that he was referring to incorrect information. Is my understanding correct, Deputy Gould?
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (2 Jul 2024)
Thomas Gould: I said the Minister gave information that is a lie. I am not saying the Minister lied. He got information from the HSE and SouthDoc that was a lie.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (2 Jul 2024)
Cathal Berry: I understand. The information was incorrect and inadvertently given.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (2 Jul 2024)
Mary Butler: The Deputy is saying that, in his opinion, the information was a lie.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (2 Jul 2024)
Cathal Berry: I thank Deputy Gould for the clarification.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (2 Jul 2024)
Mary Butler: As the Deputy will be aware, the SouthDoc co-operative provides GP out-of-hours services. It has 23 health centres located across Cork and Kerry, including the Blackpool treatment centre in north Cork city. The issue of withdrawal or reduction of out-of-hours services at certain treatment centres has been raised several times with the HSE and SouthDoc. Multiple assurances have been...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (2 Jul 2024)
Thomas Gould: The Minister of State is reading out another lie from SouthDoc.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (2 Jul 2024)
Cathal Berry: The Deputy will get an opportunity to respond presently.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (2 Jul 2024)
Thomas Gould: What she is reading out is wrong.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (2 Jul 2024)
Cathal Berry: Please resume your seat, Deputy. The Minister of State should continue.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (2 Jul 2024)
Mary Butler: In Deputy Gould's opinion, I am reading out a lie.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (2 Jul 2024)
Thomas Gould: You are just repeating the same thing we have heard previously.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (2 Jul 2024)
Cathal Berry: Deputy Gould, you will have two minutes to respond. I ask the Minister of State to proceed.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (2 Jul 2024)
Mary Butler: SouthDoc has provided assurances that the Blackpool treatment centre has not closed and there is no intention to withdraw services from any SouthDoc treatment centre. Patients continue to be dealt with by appointment only. That will remain unchanged. Appointments are available following contact with the SouthDoc call centre and triage services. Any person who requires out-of-hours GP care...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (2 Jul 2024)
Thomas Gould: I want to be really fair to the Minister of State. I know she is reading out a response she was given. It is the same response other Ministers have read out previously. She stated that she has received assurances from the Blackpool treatment centre. I have in my hand a copy of the facts and figures I obtained in the response to a parliamentary question. In January 2019, 2,399 patients...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (2 Jul 2024)
Cathal Berry: The Deputy is contesting the information.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (2 Jul 2024)
Thomas Gould: I have the information in my hand. In addition, I rang the service when my wife and daughter had the influenza that was going around. I have been raising this issue for a year. How can a company that is getting millions of euro to provide an out-of-hours service get away with not providing that service? It closed the clinic in Kilworth. It has laid off drivers across Cork county and cut...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (2 Jul 2024)
Mary Butler: I understand the Deputy's frustration. I have heard his concerns and I will convey them to the Minister. I have read out the best information that was made available to me this evening before I came to the Chamber. I wanted to take this matter because I know the Deputy wanted a Minister from the Department of Health to do so. I specifically stayed to do that. SouthDoc has provided...