Commitment

Introduce salaried GPs to expand primary care

What this means

  • The Social Democrats promised to introduce salaried GPs as part of their 2024 general election manifesto, published in November 2024.[source]
  • The goal is to expand access to primary care by hiring GPs on a salary rather than relying solely on the existing private contractor model.[source]
  • The commitment also includes advancing the Slaинtecare public-only consultant contract to widen access to acute hospital care.[source]
  • This is a promise only, with no confirmed delivery date set, so voters and watchdogs should track whether it is acted on if the party enters government.[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 social-democrats
    Aidan FarrellyOfficeholder
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via social-democrats
    Cian O'CallaghanOfficeholder
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via social-democrats
    Eoin HayesOfficeholder
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via social-democrats
    Gary GannonOfficeholder
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via social-democrats
    Holly CairnsOfficeholder
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via social-democrats
    Jen CumminsOfficeholder
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via social-democrats
    Jennifer WhitmoreOfficeholder
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via social-democrats
    Liam QuaideOfficeholder
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via social-democrats
    Pádraig RiceOfficeholder
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via social-democrats
    Rory HearneOfficeholder

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

The Social Democrats committed to introducing salaried GPs and advancing Sláintecare's public-only consultant contract to expand access to primary and acute care.

Attribution & links

Origin
Manifesto
Policy area
Health
Owning party
Social Democrats
Responsible body
Responsible officeholder
Linked mandate
First stated
2024-11-19
Last reviewed
2026-05-21

Evidence & sources

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Evidence

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