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General Practitioner Co-operatives.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 29 September 2004

Wednesday, 29 September 2004

Ceisteanna (755, 756)

John Deasy

Ceist:

933 Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for Health and Children the details of the counties being serviced by the Caredoc co-operative service and the funding allocated to each health board authority for the provision of same. [22509/04]

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John Deasy

Ceist:

934 Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Caredoc service has not been provided to Waterford city and county; if funding will be provided in 2004 for this necessary service which would greatly alleviate the pressure on the accident and emergency department at Waterford Regional Hospital; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that all other counties in the South Eastern Health Board region have this system in place. [22510/04]

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I propose to take Questions Nos. 933 and 934 together.

Caredoc is the out-of-hours general practitioner led co-operative of the South Eastern Health Board and covers Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford and south Tipperary. All the money, a total of €7.124 million between 2000 and 2003 and €3.492 million in the base funding for the board in 2004, is allocated to the South Eastern Health Board for these services and not subdivided into the different counties involved.

Decisions about the geographical areas to be covered by co-operatives and the order in which developments occur are matters for the relevant health board, which must have regard to the range of financial and other issues involved in any such developments. Further expansion will be considered in the context of service requirements, health board proposals and funding availability.

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