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Financial Resolution No. 14: Capital Acquisitions Tax (5 Dec 2012)

Alex White: The Deputy's remarks are over the top.

Financial Resolution No. 14: Capital Acquisitions Tax (5 Dec 2012)

Alex White: Which party?

Financial Resolution No. 14: Capital Acquisitions Tax (5 Dec 2012)

Alex White: I was never with any other party.

Financial Resolution No. 14: Capital Acquisitions Tax (5 Dec 2012)

Alex White: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Review (5 Dec 2012)

Alex White: The Department for Health is currently preparing legislative proposals to facilitate the exchange of relevant data between the Health Service Executive (HSE), the Revenue Commissioners and the Department of Social Protection. This will reduce the need for medical card applicants to provide documentation to the HSE. The exchange of data will also improve the accuracy of the medical card...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (5 Dec 2012)

Alex White: Under the provisions of the Health Act 1970, medical cards are provided to persons who are, in the opinion of the Health Service Executive (HSE) unable without undue hardship to arrange GP services for themselves and their dependants. Assessment for a medical card is determined primarily by reference to the means, including the income and reasonable expenditure, of the applicant and his or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive Staff Remuneration (5 Dec 2012)

Alex White: In relation to GPs, regulations made in 2009 and 2010 under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2009 (FEMPI) reduced fees payable under the General Medical Services (GMS) Scheme; the Maternity & Infant Care Scheme; the Health (Amendment) Act 1996 (Hepatitis C patients); and the HeartWatch Programme, resulting in full year savings of approximately €78million....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (5 Dec 2012)

Alex White: 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 each medicinal product which falls within the group: (a)...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (5 Dec 2012)

Alex White: The Dental Treatment Services Scheme (DTSS) provides access to dental treatment for adult medical card holders. As funding has been capped at the 2008 level of €63 million, the HSE prioritises for treatment patients with special needs, high risk patients and those who have greater clinical needs. A free oral examination every calendar year and free emergency dental treatment with a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme (5 Dec 2012)

Alex White: I have asked the HSE to supply this information and it will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (5 Dec 2012)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 128 and 129 together. The Public Dental Service of the HSE provides dental services for children and patients with special needs. In the majority of areas children receive their first dental check between the ages of 6 and 8 years. Currently, in Laois/Offaly, Galway, Kerry and part of Cork (North Lee) the priority is emergency care, special needs and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (5 Dec 2012)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (6 Dec 2012)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (6 Dec 2012)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (6 Dec 2012)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Fluoridation (6 Dec 2012)

Alex White: Water fluoridation is one of the most widely studied public health policy initiatives in the world. Studies indicate that the health benefits of water fluoridation outweigh its costs. To date there has been a significant reduction in the proportions of decayed, missing and filled teeth of people living in areas supplied by fluoridated drinking water in Ireland when compared to those in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (6 Dec 2012)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (6 Dec 2012)

Alex White: There are no plans to extend the list of conditions covered by the Long Term Illness Scheme. Under the Drug Payment Scheme, no individual or family pays more than €132 per calendar month towards the cost of approved prescribed medicines. The scheme significantly reduces the cost burden for families and individuals incurring ongoing expenditure on medicines. In addition, people who...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (6 Dec 2012)

Alex White: The HSE has produced national assessment guidelines to provide a clear framework to assist in the making of reasonable, consistent and equitable decisions when assessing an applicant for the General Medical Services scheme. These guidelines are publicly available and can be downloaded from the HSE's medical card website. Legislation will now be prepared to give effect to the changes in the...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health and Suicide (11 Dec 2012)

Alex White: I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue. Learning to live with mental health problems is extremely difficult, but, as the Deputy said, this difficulty can be compounded when someone experiences, at first hand, the prejudice caused by stigma. We know the stigma attached to mental ill health and suicidal behaviour presents one of the biggest challenges to prevention and that it...