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# GP care

This year
2023
Eligibility for GP visit cards expanded for people aged up to 69 and children aged 8 and over
The online application system will open next month.
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Aug 31st 2023, 6:59 PM
Last year
2022
Opinion: Every woman needs access to reproductive healthcare over the course of her life
On the launch of its new ‘Every Woman’ report into healthcare, National Women’s Council Director Orla O’Connor looks at the challenges that still remain.
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Oct 25th 2022, 7:00 AM
All time
'Not realistic': Free GP care for under 13s questioned by medical group
Six and seven-year-olds would receive free care from this year under proposed legislation.
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Updated
Jan 5th 2020, 4:29 PM
Free dental care for under-6s and free GP visits extended to under-8s from September 2020
The changes will be brought in from next September.
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Oct 8th 2019, 1:56 PM
Poll: Does it make sense to charge a nominal fee for 'free' GP care for the under-12s?
The Sunday Independent this morning reports that parents could be charged a fee of €5 per visit for such care.
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Oct 22nd 2017, 9:57 AM
Here's how many kids have been signed up for free GP care so far
The Minister for Health is happy with the progress so far.
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Jul 4th 2015, 1:00 PM
Leo tells GPs to "cop on" in heated exchange over under-sixes
The minister was accused of stroke politics and he was having none of that.
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Jun 22nd 2015, 8:22 AM
Parents registering their kids for GP care were shown other people's details
The website for the new system has been beset with problems since it went live yesterday.
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Jun 16th 2015, 4:13 PM
Get treated anywhere in the EU and the HSE can pick up the bill
There has been an office in place to administer the Cross-Border Healthcare Directive since February.
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Jun 15th 2015, 9:48 AM
Doctors say it's not fair to charge fees for prescriptions
The report singles out user charges as “inefficient in comparison to pooled funding”.
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Aug 15th 2014, 4:32 PM
So it turns out that 'free GP care' might not actually be free
A modest charge could be applied but no final decision has been taken.
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Aug 11th 2014, 9:40 AM
How should Irish adoption laws be changed?
Representatives from a number of groups will address the Health Committee on this issue today.
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Jun 26th 2014, 9:00 AM
Free GP care will lead to 750,000 extra consultations per year
The Irish Medical Organisation says that figure will “overwhelm” the health system.
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Apr 15th 2014, 9:15 AM
IMO could threaten legal action over contract on free GP care
It said it is disappointed by Minister Alex White’s ‘failure to correspond’ with the organisation on negotiations over the issue.
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Feb 24th 2014, 9:54 AM
Minister can't rule out "fiver or tenner" charge for 'free' GP care
Alex White raised the issue of nominal fees at the Labour conference, but says he is “not advocating such a charge”.
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Feb 17th 2014, 9:25 AM
IMO accuses Government of pushing 'spin over substance' after meeting
The two sides were discussing plans for free GP care for children aged under six.
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Jan 31st 2014, 4:36 PM
IMO remains "sceptical" about free child GP care and will tell the Government today
The union say the plan is being implemented “by diktat”.
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Jan 31st 2014, 7:32 AM
Here's What Happened Today: Sunday
Everyone’s talking about a stabbing in Limerick, Remembrance Day and devastation left by Typhoon Haiyan.
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Nov 10th 2013, 7:52 PM
IMO accuses Reilly of 'racing ahead' with extension of free GP care
GPs are also reporting “extensive unease” among patients over the withdrawal of discretionary medical cards.
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Nov 10th 2013, 4:58 PM
Top readers' comments of the week
Here’s our round-up of the most interesting and most popular comments from this week. Did you make it in?
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Oct 26th 2013, 11:00 AM
Hayes: I have absolute confidence in Minister Reilly's ability
The junior minister said Reilly is the most suitable person to tackle the health budget.
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Oct 20th 2013, 1:48 PM
Aaron McKenna: Giving free GP care for all children under 6 is reckless
Not all families NEED help in sending their children to a GP – but the Government is ignoring that in a cynical ploy to curry favour with the electorate.
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Oct 19th 2013, 8:00 AM
Noonan: 'No connection' between cuts for pensioners & free GP care for under 5s
The Minister’s been speaking to reporters on his way into the final Cabinet meeting ahead of Budget 2014.
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Oct 15th 2013, 9:28 AM
GPs split on free GP care for under fives
The plan is expected to be included in tomorrow’s Budget, but GPs don’t seem to know if it is a good thing or a bad thing.
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Oct 14th 2013, 5:37 PM
Fine Gael TDs on Twitter and free GP care : The week's news skewed
Breaking via The Mire wire: Leinster House goes wild photocopying arses, free GP care for healthy citizens, and FG TDs insult each other for Twitter practice.
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May 11th 2013, 10:00 AM
Taoiseach promises: Government is still going to introduce free GP care
“Ultimately the entire population will be covered by free GP services,” Taoiseach Enda Kenny told the Dáil.
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May 8th 2013, 5:17 PM
Government plans free GP care by 2015, universal insurance by 2016
James Reilly unveils a programme of ambitious reform in the health sector – saying he’ll need two terms to totally finish it up.
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Nov 16th 2012, 8:11 AM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
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Apr 25th 2012, 4:51 PM
HSE chief to face questions over health spending
Cathal Magee will appear before an Oireachtas committee today – with questions likely to focus on nursing home care.
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Jan 26th 2012, 7:45 AM