Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 April 2004
546 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will make funds available to the Western Health Board to enable it to have a system of support for the general practitioners in the Ros Muc and Carna areas, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11461/04]
View answerThe GMS contract provides for the allocation of €635,000 annually to health boards for the purpose of supporting general practitioners who have onerous out of hours rota arrangements in place. The 2003 allocation to the Western Health Board was made in February of this year. Decisions on the actual amounts distributed to individual general practitioners are made by the health boards concerned. The 2004 allocation will be made to health boards later this year.
