General Practitioner Services Provision

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 October 2015

Tuesday, 13 October 2015

Ceisteanna (299, 300)

Billy Kelleher

Ceist:

299. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health given his pledge to extend free General Practitioner Care to all those under 18 years of age, the estimated full-year cost of same. [35570/15]

Billy Kelleher

Ceist:

300. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his Department's current estimate of the full-year cost of providing free General Practitioner Care for the whole population. [35571/15]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister of State at the Department of Health

I propose to take Questions Nos. 299 and 300 together.

In the absence of specific details of the scope and content of the GP service, the relevant fee structure or the eligibility rates, it would not be possible to produce a current estimate in respect of these population cohorts at this point in time.