On Thursday 12 October 2017, Dr Karena Hanley, National Director of GP Training, ICGP, and Dr Brendan O'Shea, Director of the Postgraduate resource Centre, ICGP, presented its submission to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution. ยป read more
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On Thursday 6 July 2017, Dr Brendan O'Shea, Director of the PRC, and Dr John O'Brien, Vice President, presented at the Public Consultation on Children's Mental Health Services in Ireland held by the Seanad Public Consultation Committee.
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Click here for the Oireachtas TV webcast of the presentation. (Dr O'Brien: 0:35; Dr O'Shea: 0:43)
Click here for a transcript of the meeting.
On Thursday 2 February 2017, Dr Karena Hanley and Dr Brendan O'Shea told the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health on Thursday 2 February that the crisis in recruitment and retention of doctors could be solved by delivering a new GP contract in 2017, by supports for emerging graduates and more flexible working conditions.
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Please see www.icgp.ie/JOCH2017 for:
On Wednesday 28 September 2016, Dr Mark Murphy, Dr Laura Noonan, Dr Brendan O'Shea and Dr Brian Osborne addressed the Oireachtas Committee on the Future of Healthcare.
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Please see www.icgp.ie/OCFH2016 for: