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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (19 Dec 2012)

Alex White: New eligibility rules for medical cards for persons aged over 70 years were announced in the Budget 2013. The income thresholds would be reduced and the higher income over-70s will receive a GP visit card instead of a medical card. The new rules will not take effect until later in 2013, after primary legislation has been enacted. The implementation date will be announced and publicised in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Programme (19 Dec 2012)

Alex White: The Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012 was published on the 13th of July 2012. The Bill completed its passage through the Seanad on Wednesday, the 19th of September, and resumed Second Stage in the Dáil on the 17th of December. The timetable for the Bill's progress through the Dáil is a matter for the Oireachtas.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cost of Drugs (19 Dec 2012)

Alex White: the HSE and the Department of Health, a major new deal on the cost of drugs in the State was concluded in October last. It will deliver a number of important benefits, including significant reductions for patients in the cost of drugs,a lowering of the drugs bill to the State, timely access for patients to new cutting-edge drugs for certain conditions and reducing the cost base of the health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (19 Dec 2012)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 64 and 69 together. 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: Primary Care Services (19 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, Registered General Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapists and 17 Integrated Care Diabetes Nurse Specialist posts. The Diabetes Nurse Specialist posts will support the phased roll-out of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes (19 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 Review (19 Dec 2012)

Alex White: I take it the Deputy is referring to the measure announced in the recent Budget to tighten the rules relating to a person’s spending and earnings that is disregarded when carrying out the means test for the standard 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (19 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: Drugs Payment Scheme (19 Dec 2012)

Alex White: The Health Service Executive is responsible for the administration of the community drugs schemes. The HSE has therefore been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services (19 Dec 2012)

Alex White: The HSE provides orthodontic treatment based on clinical need to those who have been assessed and referred for treatment before their 16th birthday. Orthodontic referrals are generally received via the HSE’s Public Dental Service school screening programme.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (19 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 (19 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 (19 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 Practitioner Services (19 Dec 2012)

Alex White: The Government is embarking on a major reform programme for the health system. The aim of this reform is to deliver a single-tier health service that will deliver equal access to care based on need, not income. A fundamental element in the reform process involves significant strengthening of primary care services to deliver universal primary care (UPC) with the removal of cost as a barrier...

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (20 Dec 2012)

Alex White: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I have the honour of deputising for my colleague, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, in addressing the House on the subject of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill. The Bill was passed by the Seanad last week, on 13 December 2012. The Bill is designated a No. 2 Bill because an...

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (20 Dec 2012)

Alex White: I have an aversion to clichés, that is my problem. It had nothing to do with the content. Read the sentence before it.

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2012)

Alex White: The Deputy's enthusiasm has not waned.

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2012)

Alex White: This has been an interesting discussion. As colleagues acknowledged, the Bill is of a technical nature and, although important, is limited in scope. Many of the issues raised in the course of the debate are, of course, worthy of public debate and elaboration and Members, in their normal ingenious way, have taken the opportunity afforded them by this relatively limited Bill to engage in that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget Targets (20 Dec 2012)

Alex White: Due to the very difficult and challenging economic environment, the Government has committed to achieving additional savings of €160 in expenditure on drugs and medicines in 2013 as set out in the following table: IPHA/APMI Agreement on Drug Price Reductions €120 million Quality Prescribing Initiative €20 million Reduce price of oral nutritional supplements...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme (20 Dec 2012)

Alex White: Under the General Medical Services (GMS) contract, a general practitioner (GP) is expected to provide his/her patients who hold medical cards or GP visit cards with all proper and necessary treatment of a kind generally undertaken by a GP. The contract between the HSE and GPs under the GMS Scheme stipulates that fees are not paid to GPs by the HSE in respect of certain medical...