The organisation that represents family doctors has said it is still trying to put together a financial rescue plan following the resignation last weekend of its president and national council amid concerns about corporate governance.
National Association of General Practitioners Chairman Dr Andrew Jordan said the organisation hopes to have a financial package in place to alleviate its cash flow problems within ten days.
However, he added that it was obviously not helpful that the organisation's difficulties were being aired in public.
The NAGP represented around 2,000 GPs, but that is understood to have fallen to around 1,200 paid up members and a further 600 whose subscriptions are outstanding.
Dr Jordan noted that the HSE had refused to permit the deduction of NAGP union subscriptions through its payroll system, despite providing that service to rival doctors' union the Irish Medical Organisation.
He stressed that for the moment it was still "business as usual" at the NAGP in terms of delivering services to members.
Dr Jordan pledged that governance reforms recommended in a recent review would be fully implemented once they were voted through at the next AGM, which has now been deferred from later this month to 15 June.
