Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 30 September 2008
317 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Health and Children the measures being taken to ensure that patients, until recently on the GMS panel of a doctor (details supplied), from the Ringsend and Irishtown, Dublin 4 area can receive treatment within a reasonable distance of their community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32506/08]
View answer318 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4 is put on the list of a general practitioner within a reasonable distance of their home, following the decision of the doctor on whose list they were to no longer make their surgery available to their patients on their GMS panel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32507/08]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 317 and 318 together.
Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for arrangements to ensure appropriate service delivery for General Medical Services (GMS) Scheme (medical card and GP visit card) patients. My Department has therefore requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to address these matters and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
