526. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 569 of 3 October 2023, if he will advise on communications from the national medical card unit which states that under the revised GP Contracts 2023 the HSE is no longer in a position to assign GPs to clients and that the onus will now be on individuals to find their own GP, ending the practice of three refusals and then a GP being assigned (details supplied); the provisions his Department has in place for medical card applicants in County Wexford who cannot provide a GP acceptance form due to the chronic shortage of GPs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46191/23]

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526. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 569 of 3 October 2023, if he will advise on communications from the national medical card unit which states that under the revised GP Contracts 2023 the HSE is no longer in a position to assign GPs to clients and that the onus will now be on individuals to find their own GP, ending the practice of three refusals and then a GP being assigned (details supplied); the provisions his Department has in place for medical card applicants in County Wexford who cannot provide a GP acceptance form due to the chronic shortage of GPs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46191/23]

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