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Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (16 Oct 2012)

Alex White: Section 11 of the General Medical services (GMS) General Practitioner (GP) Capitation Contract, which was introduced in 1989, provides that the medical practitioner shall provide for eligible persons, on behalf of the Health service Executive, all proper and necessary treatment of a kind usually undertaken by a general practitioner and not requiring special skill or experience of a degree or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (16 Oct 2012)

Alex White: Neither the Department nor I have held discussions with the HSE on waiting times for orthodontic treatment at Navan Hospital. As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Applications (16 Oct 2012)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 654 and 655 together. The information requested is currently being collated by the HSE and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (16 Oct 2012)

Alex White: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (16 Oct 2012)

Alex White: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (16 Oct 2012)

Alex White: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Drugs (16 Oct 2012)

Alex White: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Supply (16 Oct 2012)

Alex White: On 15th October, 2012, the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly, announced that intensive negotiations with the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association (IPHA) had reached a successful conclusion with a major new deal on the cost of drugs in the State. This deal has a value in excess of €400 million over the next three years and will mean, amongst other things, greater access...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (16 Oct 2012)

Alex White: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 Oct 2012)

Alex White: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I welcome the opportunity to address the House on Second Stage of this Bill, which will introduce a system of generic substitution and reference pricing for prescribed drugs and medicines. These reforms will promote price competition among suppliers and ensure that lower prices are paid for medicines, resulting in savings for taxpayers and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Fluoridation (17 Oct 2012)

Alex White: A range of information, including details of its membership, is available on the website of the Irish Expert Body on Fluorides and Health, www.fluoridesandhealth.ie. The total funding allocated to the Irish Expert Body on Fluorides and Health's Secretariat in 2011 was approximately €284,000. Members of the Expert Body provide their expertise on a voluntary basis. This year to date...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Fluoridation (17 Oct 2012)

Alex White: Chemifloc Ltd. is the company contracted by the HSE for the supply and delivery of hydrofluosilicic acid for the purpose of water fluoridation. The current contract with the HSE came into effect on 1st October 2009. The initial contract was for a period of 3 years with an option for an extension of two years. Following renegotiation with the supplier, the contract has been extended until 30th...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Fluoridation (17 Oct 2012)

Alex White: The use of liquid fluosilicilic acid in water fluoridation commenced in the 1970s. Sodium fluoride had been used when fluoridation of public water supplies commenced in the 1960s but was replaced as there was a tendency for the powder to become solid.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Fluoridation (17 Oct 2012)

Alex White: There are currently over 250 water treatment plants with fluoridation systems. The estimated financial costs associated with capital infrastructure over the last three years are as follows: Year Estimated cost (excluding VAT) 2009 €1.65 million 2010 €1.41 million 2011 €86,000

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Fluoridation (17 Oct 2012)

Alex White: My Department has no responsibility in regard to the incidence of pollution at water treatment plants.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Fluoridation (17 Oct 2012)

Alex White: The Irish Expert Body on Fluorides and Health, which was established in 2004, monitors new and emerging issues on fluoride and its effects on health and related matters. The Expert Body is satisfied, having studied current peer reviewed scientific evidence worldwide, that water fluoridation causes no ill effects to the health of adults or children. The publication to which the Deputy refers...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Issues (17 Oct 2012)

Alex White: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Publication (17 Oct 2012)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 288, 292 and 293 together. In line with the National Drugs Strategy, the Government is committed to continuing support for initiatives to tackle the drug problem, including programmes to help young parents overcome addiction. Coolmine Therapeutic Community (CTC) receives funding from my Department and the HSE to provide a range of services, including a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (17 Oct 2012)

Alex White: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Seanad: Alcohol Consumption: Statements (17 Oct 2012)

Alex White: I am pleased to be back in the Seanad and welcome this opportunity to discuss the difficult and challenging issue of alcohol misuse in our country. The national substance misuse strategy steering group identified the following four key harms of alcohol. First, 88 people died every month in 2008 from alcohol. Second, in 2007 the total estimated cost of alcohol misuse to the health care and...