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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Staff (20 Dec 2012)

Alex White: 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: Medical Card Delays (20 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 Medical Services Scheme (20 Dec 2012)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (20 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 Delays (20 Dec 2012)

Alex White: The current processing time for medical cards applications and appeals is 96.05% within 15 days as at 3rd December 2012. I have referred the remaining elements of the Deputy's question to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Misuse of Drugs (20 Dec 2012)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 316, 317 and 319 together. Benzodiazepines, as a group of medicines, are commonly used to treat anxiety, sleep disturbance and insomnia. Benzodiazepines are known to be associated with dependence and withdrawal symptoms and consequently are primarily recommended for short-term treatment only. There is increasing evidence of the inappropriate use of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (20 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: Health Service Charges (20 Dec 2012)

Alex White: Under the provisions of the Health Act 1970, eligibility for health services in Ireland is based primarily on residency and means.There are currently two categories of eligibility for all persons ordinarily resident in Ireland i.e. full eligibility (medical card) and limited eligibility (all others).Full eligibility is determined mainly by reference to income limits, and is granted to persons...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (20 Dec 2012)

Alex White: There is a commitment in the Programme for Government to introducing a better and more efficient health system, a single-tier health service that will deliver equal access to care based on need, not income. The development of primary care services must be an essential component of the health service reform process. In a developed primary care system, up to 95 per cent of people’s...

Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service (16 Jan 2013)

Alex White: I thank Deputy Stagg for raising this issue, for drawing attention to the improvements made in the HSE national ambulance service, NAS, and for affording me the opportunity to outline the ongoing delivery by the HSE and its workforce and representatives of important changes in the way our emergency ambulances and crews are deployed. The Deputy is correct that the NAS is progressing a number...

Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service (16 Jan 2013)

Alex White: The Deputy has indicated he would like me to ascertain the level of savings associated with the changes in so far as they apply to Maynooth and I will endeavour to ensure that if the information can be ascertained it will be relayed to him. I cannot explain the broader issue any further than I have done. However, all of us would be concerned if any of the decisions being made in order to...

Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service (16 Jan 2013)

Alex White: Our primary concern is to ensure the health and well-being of the population, including access to emergency care if needed. If it can be demonstrated there is some risk associated with this change, that must be addressed.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Fluoridation (16 Jan 2013)

Alex White: cal authorities have a statutory obligation to fluoridate public water supplies as provided for in the Health (Fluoridation of Water Supplies Act) 1960. The Expert Body on Fluorides and Health keeps up to date on new and emerging issues regarding water fluoridation and no new issues have emerged to change the Expert Body's advice to the Department of Health. The opinion of the Expert Body...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (16 Jan 2013)

Alex White: The General Medical Services (GMS) Scheme and the Drug Payment Scheme (DPS) are separate schemes with separate qualifying criteria. Under the GMS Scheme, medical card holders are required to pay a €1.50 charge per item for medicines and other prescription items supplied to them by community pharmacists, subject to a cap of €19.50 per month for each person or family. Charges...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Fluoridation (16 Jan 2013)

Alex White: Water fluoridation and the use of appropriate fluorides is a major plank of public health policy in Ireland in the prevention and management of tooth decay. In 2002 the Forum on Fluoridation, which was established to review this policy, concluded that the fluoridation of public piped water supplies should continue as a public health measure. The Irish Expert Body on Fluorides and Health,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (16 Jan 2013)

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 Delays (16 Jan 2013)

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 (16 Jan 2013)

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: Health Service Funding (16 Jan 2013)

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 (16 Jan 2013)

Alex White: Under the Drug Payment Scheme, no individual or family pays more than €144 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. There are no plans to make changes to the scheme. In addition, people who cannot, without undue hardship, arrange for...