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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (13 Feb 2013)

Alex White: The HSE Community Audiology service administers and monitors hearing tests for adults who are at risk of hearing loss. Appointments for the audiology service are sent in a strict chronology according to clinical priorities and date of receipt of referral. The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine the specific query raised by the Deputy and to reply to him as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Goods Regulation (13 Feb 2013)

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: has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (13 Feb 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 Eligibility (13 Feb 2013)

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: Medical Card Applications (13 Feb 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 (13 Feb 2013)

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

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Alex White: He does not have it.

Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2013)

Alex White: I cannot disagree with much of what Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan has said, with one exception, that is, on the question that has come up from time to time as to why the Government did not ask for a write-down and the suggestion one might have been available had the Government simply asked for it. Let us examine this suggestion. Let us imagine the Government and the Central Bank are in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Medical Card Eligibility (14 Feb 2013)

Alex White: The medical card scheme cost in excess of €1.9 billion in 2012 and, by the end of 2012, 1.85 million people were covered by the scheme, an increase of half a million people since 2008. It is expected that the total will reach 1.9 million by the end of this year. Under the provisions of the Health Act 1970, medical cards are not awarded on the basis of having a specific illness or a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Medical Card Eligibility (14 Feb 2013)

Alex White: This is an important issue and it has been addressed. I can give the Deputy some further information on this important question. There are currently 62,987 discretionary medical cards in circulation out of a total of 1.85 million medical cards. New processes have been commenced in respect of applications for discretionary medical cards. It is important to recall that sometimes there is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Medical Card Eligibility (14 Feb 2013)

Alex White: The current average turnaround time for discretionary medical card applications is now 20 working days. I have further information on the broader application of the scheme which I can make available to the Deputy.

Other Questions: Prescription Charges (14 Feb 2013)

Alex White: Due to the very difficult and challenging economic environment, the Government approved an increase in the prescription charge from 50 cent per item to €1.50 per item with effect from 1 January 2013, subject to a cap of €19.50 per month for each person or family, for prescribed drugs, medicines and appliances reimbursed under the general medical services, GMS, scheme. Further...

Other Questions: Prescription Charges (14 Feb 2013)

Alex White: Let there be no misunderstanding. I have no difficulty understanding the point. The Deputy said it was simple. I understand entirely the issue being raised. However, I have said I need some more detail to get to the bottom of it and that is what I am asking the Deputy for. It may appear and sound straightforward in the way it is described but I need further information. I understand...

Other Questions: Health Service Executive Savings (14 Feb 2013)

Alex White: With regard to the regional business plans, quite clearly what is intended is that the HSE service plan which has been published requires a working out at regional level and obviously that work is still ongoing. It was not done by the end of January, but its completion is imminent and will be dealt with in due course. I accept it is two weeks since the end of January, but I am sure the...

Other Questions: Health Service Executive Savings (14 Feb 2013)

Alex White: We will do that.

Other Questions: Health Service Reform (14 Feb 2013)

Alex White: It is in the programme for Government.

Other Questions: Health Service Reform (14 Feb 2013)

Alex White: Deputy Ó Caoláin should read the programme for Government, if he can understand it.

Other Questions: Health Service Reform (14 Feb 2013)

Alex White: I can pass him a copy of it. He should ask Deputy Shortall about it.

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (14 Feb 2013)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 15 and 320 together. The Programme for Government provides for the introduction of a new General Medical Services (GMS) General Practitioner (GP) contract with an increased emphasis on the management of chronic conditions, such as diabetes and cardiovascular conditions. It is envisaged that the new contract, when finalised, will focus on prevention and will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Products (14 Feb 2013)

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)...