158 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the clinical role of public health doctors in the management of a flu pandemic; the persons who are the front line service providers in the event of such a pandemic; if there is a clearcut modus operandi for obtaining swabs and having these swabs brought in a timely fashion to a virology laboratory; if the public health and community care doctors will see, screen and treat patients out of normal nine to five office hours; if so, the location at which they will do so; if, in the event of the public and community care doctors refusing to see patients out of hours they are then in breach of their contractual obligations; if a patient is in need of tamiflu after pharmacy normal working hours, the location at which this will be available; the arrangements in place to communicate in real time to a general practitioner; the role they will play in an outbreak; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19558/09]

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158 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the clinical role of public health doctors in the management of a flu pandemic; the persons who are the front line service providers in the event of such a pandemic; if there is a clearcut modus operandi for obtaining swabs and having these swabs brought in a timely fashion to a virology laboratory; if the public health and community care doctors will see, screen and treat patients out of normal nine to five office hours; if so, the location at which they will do so; if, in the event of the public and community care doctors refusing to see patients out of hours they are then in breach of their contractual obligations; if a patient is in need of tamiflu after pharmacy normal working hours, the location at which this will be available; the arrangements in place to communicate in real time to a general practitioner; the role they will play in an outbreak; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19558/09]

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