Second Stage Stage in the legislative process — click for what it means Current The bill’s status — click for what it means 34th Dáil The House currently handling the bill 43/2025 Official bill number / year
Health (Availability of General Practitioner Services) Bill 2025
- Sponsor
- Marie Sherlock · Labour Party
- Introduced
- 3 Jul 2025
- Last updated
- 4 Jul 2025
What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Creates statutory duty for HSE to ensure GP services accessible fairly across State based on local health needs assessment, considering population distribution and social determinants.
- Requires HSE to report progress toward this objective in corporate plans and propose strategies to achieve it, using available resources without automatic budget increase.
- Addresses current gap where HSE funds but cannot direct GP placement, establishing direct link between needs assessment and service provision decisions.
Stage timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 34th Dáil3 Jul 2025
- Second Stage 34th Dáil3 Jul 2025
Debates
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