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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (12 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: ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (12 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: General Practice Training (12 Dec 2012)

Alex White: The Postgraduate Training Committee of the Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP) has responsibility for the promotion and maintenance of standards of General Practice training in Ireland. The provision that GP Trainees experience a minimum of 120 hours of out-of-hours work under the supervision of a nominated trainer is contained in the ICGP's "Criteria for Postgraduate Training in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme (12 Dec 2012)

Alex White: Under the Health (Provision of General Practitioner Services) Act 2012, a registered medical practitioner: (a) whose name is included in the Specialist Division of the register of medical practitioners established under section 43(2)(b ) of the Medical Practitioners Act 2007, and (b ) who holds a current certificate of registration within the meaning of section 2 of that Act in respect of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (12 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: Drug Treatment Programmes (13 Dec 2012)

Alex White: The HSE provides opioid substitution (mainly methadone) in a number of treatment settings to meet the needs of individual drug users. These settings include: - primary care through GPs and community pharmacies; - satellite clinics that facilitate opioid substitution provision through community pharmacies; - treatment centres where opioid substitution treatment is dispensed on site; and -...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (13 Dec 2012)

Alex White: Due to the very difficult and challenging economic environment the Government has committed to achieving additional savings in health expenditure during 2013 and 2014 with €781m savings targeted in 2013. The Government is committed to achieving these savings while protecting front line services to the most vulnerable to the greatest extent possible. Reductions in the cost of Primary...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive Funding (13 Dec 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 recently approved an additional €100,000 in funding to enable the facility to provide a creche service....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (13 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 (13 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 Appeals (13 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 Eligibility (13 Dec 2012)

Alex White: It is intended to tighten the rules relating to a person’s income and spending that is taken into account when carrying out the means test for the medical card. A date has not been set for the implementation of these new rules. In advance of that, the Department will develop this proposal in more detail in consultation with the HSE. The new rules and the implementation date will be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (13 Dec 2012)

Alex White: Changes to the income limits for medical card applicants over 70 years of age were announced in Budget 2013. At present, people over 70 are entitled to a medical card if their income is less than €700 per week for a single person or €1,400 for a couple. In line with measures announced in the Budget, the income limits are being reduced to €600 a week for an individual...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (13 Dec 2012)

Alex White: It is estimated that the changes referred to by the Deputy will affect about 20,000 persons out of 360,000 over-70s medical card holders. This is about 5% of the entire over 70s population. Under the new arrangements, it is envisaged that 92% of the over 70's will retain their medical cards.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (13 Dec 2012)

Alex White: An allocation of €20 million was set aside in the HSE's 2012 National Service Plan for approximately 250 Primary Care posts (including Public Health Nurses (PHNs), Registered General Nurses (RGNs), Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Speech and Language Therapists) and 17 Integrated Care Diabetes Nurse Specialist posts. The Diabetes Nurse Specialist posts will support the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 Dec 2012)

Alex White: The HSE has established a clinician-led Medicines Management Programme (MMP), the aim of which is to ensure that all people have access to the essential medicines they need, that the medicines are safe, effective, and are prescribed and used rationally. The MMP will be led out by the National Medicines Information Centre (NMIC) and the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics (NCPE) and will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (13 Dec 2012)

Alex White: The Programme for Government commits to reforming the current public health system by introducing Universal Health Insurance with equal access to care for all. As part of this, the Government is committed to introducing, on a phased basis, GP care without fees within its first term of office. Primary legislation is required to give effect to Government commitment to introduce a universal GP...

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (13 Dec 2012)

Alex White: I am privileged to deputise for my colleague, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, in addressing the House on the subject of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill. This Bill is designated a No. 2 Bill because an Oireachtas commission (amendment) Bill, which concerns the Oireachtas translation service and is being dealt with by the Minister...

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (13 Dec 2012)

Alex White: I thank the Senators for their contributions. This legislation, although important, is relatively limited in scope. As Members have acknowledged, many of the issues that are worthy of public debate and elaboration, such as those on which Senator Bradford has touched and others have mentioned, while related to the subject matter of this Bill, are not contained or referenced in it. The Bill,...

Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Second Stage (14 Dec 2012)

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