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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Medical Card Eligibility (6 Mar 2013)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 226 and 227 together. I have asked the Health Service Executive for a report on the issues raised by the Deputy. I will revert to the Deputy on the matter as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Medicinal Products (6 Mar 2013)

Alex White: The HSE has circulated a detailed protocol to hospitals in relation to the administration of the medication mentioned by the Deputy. The case of the particular patient has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Drugs Task Forces (6 Mar 2013)

Alex White: Following a comprehensive consultation process, I announced details of a series of measures arising from a review of Drugs Task Forces last December. The reforms, which are intended to better equip the Task Forces to respond to the current pattern of substance misuse, also provide for the extension of their remit to include alcohol addiction. A final version of the report is being prepared...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Medicinal Products (6 Mar 2013)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 235 to 241, inclusive, 244 and 245 together. All pharmacies that dispense High Tech medicines must complete an annual stock take of these medicines at the end of each year. In addition, they are requested to provide details of all ‘out of date’ stock and any stock that has been spoiled during the year (e.g. due to fridge malfunction). The HSE's...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Health Service Executive Complaints Procedures (6 Mar 2013)

Alex White: I understand from the HSE that a number of complaints were received from patients in relation to addiction services over the past year. The complaints were followed up in each case on an individual basis. Waiting lists were among the areas of complaint and considerable progress has been made in this regard. Also, the HSE envisages that the forthcoming Clinical Guidelines for Opioid...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Dental Services (6 Mar 2013)

Alex White: The Dental Treatment Service Scheme (DTSS) provides access to dental treatment for adult medical card holders. The HSE prioritises for treatment patients with special needs, high risk patients and those who have greater clinical needs including patients with type 1 diabetes.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Medical Card Applications (6 Mar 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 Children and Youth Affairs: General Practitioner Services (6 Mar 2013)

Alex White: I understand that a Level 2 General Practitioner who was based in Drogheda has just moved practice to Duleek, Co Meath and that his opioid substitution clinic will be held there this week. Approximately 35 people attend this GP for methadone treatment. I am advised that the HSE is working to put arrangements in place to again facilitate clients to be treated in Drogheda, if they so wish, as...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Medical Card Applications (6 Mar 2013)

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

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Resources (7 Mar 2013)

Alex White: On behalf of the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, I thank Deputy Fitzpatrick for raising this matter of significant public importance. Unfortunately, the Minister cannot be present to speak on this issue, as he is chairing a Justice and Home Affairs ministerial meeting in Brussels. He has asked me to address this issue on his behalf. The House will be aware that the...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Resources (7 Mar 2013)

Alex White: The commitment of the Garda Commissioner and the Garda Síochána is to maintain operational effectiveness and resilience, but in order to do that, inevitably, as I am sure the Deputy would accept, the work must be prioritised and some difficulties have been made and remain to be made. The Minister, through me, wishes to assure the Deputy and the House that both he and the Garda...

Topical Issue Debate: Family Income Supplement Eligibility (7 Mar 2013)

Alex White: I thank Deputy McCarthy for raising this issue which I will address on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton. Family income supplement is designed to provide income for employees on low earnings who have families. This preserves the incentive to remain in employment in circumstances where the employee might only be marginally better off than if he...

Topical Issue Debate: Family Income Supplement Eligibility (7 Mar 2013)

Alex White: The Deputy will appreciate that I cannot really progress the matter any further than I have in the response I have given to the House. I am advised, as I indicated earlier, that the method of calculating FIS entitlement has not changed for either new or renewal claims. The Deputy has set out certain facts about a particular applicant's experience in this regard. Obviously, I cannot deal...

Topical Issue Debate: Palliative Care for Children (7 Mar 2013)

Alex White: I thank Deputy Ó Fearghaíl for raising this issue. He has given a very good account of the issue and the background to this important matter. In 2010, the Department of Health published Palliative Care for Children with Life-limiting Conditions in Ireland - a National Policy, which provides the foundation and sets out clear direction for the development of an integrated...

Topical Issue Debate: Palliative Care for Children (7 Mar 2013)

Alex White: The Deputy is perhaps being just a little unfair in his comments on the response. The report is very useful and important and I agree with the Deputy in that regard. I indicated to the House earlier that a number of the recommendations were already under consideration by the national development committee, which has undertaken to examine all the recommendations. The report was published...

Topical Issue Debate: Drug Treatment Programmes (7 Mar 2013)

Alex White: I thank Deputy Broughan for raising the matter. On 7 January, my Department received an application from Howth Sutton Community Council for funding to establish a drug and alcohol prevention project in south-east Fingal, which would serve communities in Baldoyle, Bayside, Sutton and Howth. The council wishes to set up a project to address a gap in service provision that has arisen as a...

Topical Issue Debate: Drug Treatment Programmes (7 Mar 2013)

Alex White: In my letter to Mr. Sargent in January, I indicated my stance on the proposal. In so far as I understand the proposal, as it has been explained by the Deputy and as I have seen in the correspondence, I believe it has considerable merit on the face of it. However, I will not pre-empt any decision we might be in a position to make once a decision is made by the drugs task force. It is a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Mar 2013)

Alex White: A review of the existing governance arrangements for incontinence wear supplies in Cavan and Monaghan is planned in order to identify any improvements in terms of service and supply of incontinence wear. The scope of the review will include community nursing continence assessments, order and approval processes, supply efficiencies, and overall data management of a patient management system...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (7 Mar 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 Review (7 Mar 2013)

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