asked the Minister for Health if he will allow as a matter of urgency a doctor (details supplied) in County Wexford to participate in the medical card scheme as he is in the area for four years and is qualified for ten years.
Written Answers. - County Wexford Doctor.
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The present agreement between my Department and the medical organisations provide that a doctor who has completed five years continuous service in full-time general practice at a particular centre may apply for a general medical service contract at that centre. It is not, therefore, possible for the South-Eastern Health Board to offer a contract now to the doctor in question.