Commitment

Introduce free GP care and abolish health charges

What this means

  • People Before Profit promised in their 2024 general election manifesto to make GP visits free for everyone in Ireland.[source]
  • The party also committed to abolishing health-related charges, which currently add out-of-pocket costs for patients using public health services.[source]
  • People Before Profit said they would lift the recruitment embargo in the health service to allow more staff to be hired into public healthcare roles.[source]
  • This commitment was first stated on 14 November 2024 and remains a promise only, with no delivery date set and no action taken yet.[source]
  • Tracking this promise matters for accountability because it affects how affordable and accessible healthcare is for people across Ireland.[source]

Direct impact (1)

Indirect impact (10)

Two-hop relationships traced through the entity above. Useful for spotting downstream knock-on effects.

  • owned by party → party member2-hop via people-before-profit
    Adrienne WallaceOfficeholder
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via people-before-profit
    Gino O'BoyleOfficeholder
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via people-before-profit
    Hazel De NortúinOfficeholder
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via people-before-profit
    Conor ReddyOfficeholder
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via people-before-profit
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via people-before-profit
    Melisa HalpinOfficeholder
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via people-before-profit
    Dave O'KeeffeOfficeholder
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via people-before-profit
    Darragh AdelaideOfficeholder
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via people-before-profit
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via people-before-profit
    Jess SpearOfficeholder

Summary derived from the records cited above. Read the methodology to understand how this is generated.

Relationship map

One-hop relationships derived from the entity records. Click any node to follow the link.

Status

Promised

People Before Profit committed to introducing free GP care, abolishing health-related charges and lifting the recruitment embargo to staff the health service.

Attribution & links

Origin
Manifesto
Policy area
Health
Responsible body
Responsible officeholder
Linked mandate
First stated
2024-11-14
Last reviewed
2026-05-21

Evidence & sources

Every status claim above is backed by a primary source — follow a link to the source-of-truth document.

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