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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (30 Apr 2013)

Alex White: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible. The Health Service Executive operates the General Medical Services scheme, which includes medical cards and GP visit cards, under the Health Act 1970, as amended. It has established a dedicated contact service for members of the Oireachtas specifically for queries relating to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (30 Apr 2013)

Alex White: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible. The Health Service Executive operates the General Medical Services scheme, which includes medical cards and GP visit cards, under the Health Act 1970, as amended. It has established a dedicated contact service for members of the Oireachtas specifically for queries relating to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (30 Apr 2013)

Alex White: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible. The Health Service Executive operates the General Medical Services scheme, which includes medical cards and GP visit cards, under the Health Act 1970, as amended. It has established a dedicated contact service for members of the Oireachtas specifically for queries relating to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (30 Apr 2013)

Alex White: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible. The Health Service Executive operates the General Medical Services scheme, which includes medical cards and GP visit cards, under the Health Act 1970, as amended. It has established a dedicated contact service for members of the Oireachtas specifically for queries relating to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Provision (30 Apr 2013)

Alex White: The HSE provides orthodontic treatment to patients based on their level of clinical need. An individual's access to orthodontic treatment is determined against a set of clinical guidelines and priority is given to patients with greatest needs. The HSE 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: Health Services Issues (30 Apr 2013)

Alex White: All children of primary school age are provided with an optical screening service by the HSE. Any refractive errors are treated and spectacles or other appropriate care is provided where necessary. Second level students up to 16 years are eligible for HSE eyecare services where they are named on their parents' medical cards. Other second level students up to 16 years are eligible to be seen...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (30 Apr 2013)

Alex White: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible. The Health Service Executive operates the General Medical Services scheme, which includes medical cards and GP visit cards, under the Health Act 1970, as amended. It has established a dedicated contact service for members of the Oireachtas specifically for queries relating to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (30 Apr 2013)

Alex White: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible. The Health Service Executive operates the General Medical Services scheme, which includes medical cards and GP visit cards, under the Health Act 1970, as amended. It has established a dedicated contact service for members of the Oireachtas specifically for queries relating to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (30 Apr 2013)

Alex White: Legislation from a number of jurisdictions, including Canada, was reviewed as part of the work of the Joint Department of Health/HSE working group on reference pricing and generic substitution. In addition, the Irish Medicines Board has reviewed the policy on interchangeability of anti-epileptic drugs of a number of countries, including, Denmark, Sweden, the UK, and the Netherlands. I am not...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (30 Apr 2013)

Alex White: The HSE provides orthodontic treatment to patients based on their level of clinical need. An individual's access to orthodontic treatment is determined against a set of clinical guidelines and priority is given to patients with greatest needs. The HSE 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 Card Reviews (30 Apr 2013)

Alex White: I have asked the Health Service Executive for a report on the issue raised by the Deputy. I will revert to the Deputy on the matter as soon as possible.

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2013)

Alex White: The Deputies opposite should read it.

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2013)

Alex White: The Deputy is being selective in her quotes.

Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service Provision (1 May 2013)

Alex White: I thank Deputy Nash for raising the issue. A significant reform programme has been under way in recent years to totally reconfigure the way the HSE manages and delivers pre-hospital care services to ensure a clinically driven, nationally co-ordinated system, supported by improved technology. The national ambulance service, NAS, is not a static service and it deploys its emergency resources...

Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service Provision (1 May 2013)

Alex White: I thank Deputy Nash and I agree with him; the input of staff and their representatives, including SIPTU, is vital. I expect and believe any concerns raised by SIPTU or any trade union should be taken seriously. I will not comment on the specific question of a specific risk assessment but I would expect there would be engagement with the trade unions on the proposals for Townsend Street. In...

Topical Issue Debate: Medical Card Eligibility (1 May 2013)

Alex White: I thank Deputy Ó Caoláin for raising this matter. The maintenance of health services is a priority in 2013 for the Government, despite the need for significant and challenging financial savings in the health area. Even with the extra resources made available to the Health Service Executive as part of budget 2013, just over €750 million in savings are needed during 2013. My...

Topical Issue Debate: Medical Card Eligibility (1 May 2013)

Alex White: Deputy Ó Caoláin has raised that issue several times and I have answered it several times. I will now answer it again, particularly in the case of the over 70s debate we had and the legislation we introduced. It was pointed out to the House, and I repeat it today, and the Deputy must accept this because it is a fact, that anybody who had a medical card removed from them as a...

Topical Issue Debate: Medical Card Eligibility (1 May 2013)

Alex White: The Deputy has many criticisms-----

Topical Issue Debate: Medical Card Eligibility (1 May 2013)

Alex White: Please, Deputy. There are not many people here. We do not have to interrupt each other. The Deputy has many criticisms that he can legitimately make and questions he can legitimately ask but it is not logical to say that it runs contrary to a policy when nobody has lost access to their GP-only card through any of these measures.

Topical Issue Debate: Medical Card Eligibility (1 May 2013)

Alex White: The Deputy asked how that runs contrary to the Government's policy to extend GP visit cards to the full population. It does not run contrary to it.