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Tuesday 20 October 2020
Minister Regina Doherty made the claim during a recent interview.
The IMO has warned that many GP clinics are already at capacity and cannot take on new patients.
Health Minister Simon Harris said that he knew of the difficulties faced by carers in Ireland.
The USI has said the move will help students who are struggling financially.
Doctors are struggling with a jump in consultations and lack of resources.
The measure follows this year’s controversial introduction of free GP care for the under-6s.
Strict new coronavirus measures are now in effect – here’s what they mean for you.
The announcement has been made by Health Minister Leo Varadkar.
The Minister for Health is happy with the progress so far.
Children and young adults under 18 will be automatically granted medical cards.
The level of uptake has been described as “phenomenal”.
The minister was accused of stroke politics and he was having none of that.
Parents are now able to sign their under-sixes up for free GP care
The service has been experiencing a large volume of traffic this morning.
Parents are able to sign-up for free GP care for under-sixes from today.
They say that the plan will not be in the best interests of patients.
Doctors say their mental health has been affected by the pressure they’re now under.
A modest charge could be applied but no final decision has been taken.
Legislation passed today includes an amendment to ban gagging orders on doctors that was put forward by Senator John Crown.
Over 70s will be happy with this one.
Senator John Crown’s amendment to free GP care legislation has been passed – against the government’s wishes.
The NAGP want the government to divert money that’s ring-fenced for free under six care to discretionary medical cards.
IMO President Dr Matthew Sadlier was also critical of the free GP care plan and Universal Health Insurance proposals.
Everyone’s talking about Sean FitzPatrick being found not guilty.
The ICGP says that if Cabinet agrees to bring in free GP care, it will be a premature decision.
The IMO said it is studying the minister’s response to its concerns but criticised him for his refusal to negotiate fees with them.
The IMO say that the last five years has seen seven years’ worth of Irish qualified GPs move to the UK.
Doctors held a ‘mass briefing’ for parliamentarians throughout today.
The IMO said a new draft contract for the initiative would mean a significantly increased workload for doctors and would require additional resources.
The two sides were discussing plans for free GP care for children aged under six.
The union say the plan is being implemented “by diktat”.
Reilly also said that he will legislate in the new year to crackdown on private health insurance providers offering plans which exclude treatment at certain hospitals.
The doctors’ group is warning that measures like the downgrading of medical cards for 35,000 pensioners could cause problems down the line.
The Health Minister’s been tasked with overseeing a programme that will include €268 million in pay-related savings and €113 million from a ‘probity drive’ aimed at medical card holders.
How €113 million will be saved in ‘medical card probity’ was a key issue at today’s health budget briefing.
The move, flagged in advance of today’s Budget, has been criticised by the GP representative group who say there was no consultation in advance.
The party is advocating a total of €1 billion in expenditure savings and €1.4 billion in taxation measures to bring about a total deficit adjustment of around €2.45 billion.
The government has published a list of bills it expects to publish between now and the end of the year.
Everyone’s talking about the end of the Dublin Bus strike, the court ruling against Seán Quinn and family and a tragedy in Canada in which two children were killed by an escaped snake.
Both Ministers for Health are working on plans to bring free GP care to Ireland, but have not decided on an age-range.
THE IRISH FARMERS Association has urged Irish MEPs to vote to ban words traditionally linked to meat products from being used on vegetarian alternatives.
The European Parliament is to vote this week on the terminology used for plant-based meat and dairy substitutes.
Amendments put forward would restrict the naming of such products so that they could not use terms normally associated with meat products.
One amendment would curtail the use of terms such as ‘steak’, ‘sausage’, ‘escalope’, ‘burger’ or ‘hamburger’ on products that do not exclusively contain meat.
The IFA has written to MEPs urging them to accept both amendments to protect Irish consumers and the agricultural industry here.
IFA President Tim Cullinan said yesterday that dairy products or plant-based meat branded with ‘real’ meat descriptions is “deliberately misleading to our consumers and undermines our industry.”
What do you think: Should vegetarian foods be allowed use words like ‘steak’ and ‘burger’?
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