The Junior Health Minister has faced "robust" questions from doctors at the IMO Conference over plans for Free GP Care for Children Under 6.
Alex White arrived to a wall of silence from the 350 GPs at today's meeting - during which he defended the legislation, which will be enacted in July - and called on the IMO to enter talks to discuss their concerns.
However, the GPs in attendance rejected the proposals - which they say are "unjust", "unworkable" and will "decimate" practices.
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These doctors say their livelihoods will be threatened by the plans.
From Maynooth, Richard Chambers reports:
