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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (14 Nov 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 Application Numbers (14 Nov 2012)

Alex White: I am advised by the HSE that in total, 11,800 discretionary medical cards and GP visit cards were issued or renewed from January to September 2012. Medical cards are not awarded to any particular group of patients on the basis of a specific medical condition. Under the provisions of the Health Act 1970, eligibility for health services in Ireland is based primarily on residency and means....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (14 Nov 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 Review (14 Nov 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 (14 Nov 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: Drug Treatment Programmes (14 Nov 2012)

Alex White: Coolmine Therapeutic Community receives funding from my Department and the HSE to provide a range of services, including a specific residential programme targeting women, many of whom are mothers. Reflecting the Government's ongoing commitment to the National Drugs Strategy, I have approved an additional €100,000 in funding to enable the facility to provide a creche service. This...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (14 Nov 2012)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (14 Nov 2012)

Alex White: The current financial environment the Health Service Executive (HSE) is facing a challenge to deliver services in a way that will minimise any adverse impact on patients and continue to protect, as far as possible, the most vulnerable citizens. Unfortunately, it has become necessary for the HSE to suspend certain products from its list of reimbursable items. These include glucosamine,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (14 Nov 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 Service Staff (14 Nov 2012)

Alex White: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2012)

Alex White: On behalf of the Minister, I express my gratitude for the wide-ranging support from all sides of the House for this Bill, which clearly acknowledges the necessity for the introduction of a permanent risk equalisation scheme. Let me address Deputy Jerry Buttimer's specific point on section 3 of the Bill and his concerns regarding paragraph (iv), which proposes an amendment to the principal...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Referral to Select Sub-Committee (15 Nov 2012)

Alex White: I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Sub-Committee on Health pursuant to Standing Order 82A(3)(a) and (6)(a)

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Dealing (15 Nov 2012)

Alex White: My Department is reviewing the Misuse of Drugs Regulations with a view to, amongst other issues, introducing additional controls on certain prescription drugs being traded illicitly, including benzodiazepine medicines. My Department has consulted with key stakeholders in relation to the proposed amendments, which include introducing import and export controls as well as an offence of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (15 Nov 2012)

Alex White: Out-of-hours co-operatives allow general practitioners (GPs) to put in place arrangements to provide services to their patients while their surgeries are closed in the evenings, on weekends and bank holidays. t-of-hours co-operatives are now in place in all Health Service Executive (HSE) areas, providing coverage in all or in part of all counties. Drivers are employed by co-operatives to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (15 Nov 2012)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 223 and 234 together. Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill, the Irish Medicines Board has statutory responsibility for establishing and publishing a List of Interchangeable Medicinal Products. In deciding whether to add a group of medicinal products to the List of Interchangeable Medicinal Products, the Board must be satisfied that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (15 Nov 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: Departmental Surveys (15 Nov 2012)

Alex White: I have reviewed the latest Bulletin of the Drug Prevalence Survey 2010/11 on Sedatives, Tranquillisers & Antidepressants which was published by the National Advisory Committee on Drugs on 23 October. The survey found that 13.9% of those aged 15-64 years used sedatives or tranquilisers in their lifetime, with 6.5% using these drugs in the past year. This shows an increase from 10.5% and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility (15 Nov 2012)

Alex White: In the current financial environment the Health Service Executive (HSE) is facing a challenge to deliver services in a way that will minimise any adverse impact on patients and continue to protect, as far as possible, the most vulnerable citizens. Unfortunately, it has become necessary for the HSE to suspend certain products from its list of reimbursable items. This includes gluten-free...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive Properties (15 Nov 2012)

Alex White: An objective of the National Drugs Strategy 2009-16 is to develop a national treatment and rehabilitation service that provides drug free and harm reduction approaches for problem substance users and to encourage problem substance users to engage with, and avail of, such services. To this end the HSE provides a variety of drug treatment interventions to meet the needs of individual drug...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (15 Nov 2012)

Alex White: The information requested by the Deputy is not available to my Department or the HSE. The Drug Payment Scheme is not means-tested and anyone ordinarily resident in Ireland can apply to join the Scheme, regardless of financial circumstances.