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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (28 May 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 (28 May 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: Primary Care Services Provision (28 May 2013)

Alex White: The HSE is responsible for the administration of the primary care schemes, therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (28 May 2013)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 689 and 696 together. The conditions covered by the Long Term Illness scheme are as follows: acute leukaemia; mental handicap; cerebral palsy; mental illness (in a person under 16); cystic fibrosis; multiple sclerosis; diabetes insipidus; muscular dystrophies; diabetes mellitus; Parkinsonism; epilepsy; phenylketonuria; haemophilia; spina bifida;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (28 May 2013)

Alex White: The HSE has commissioned an independent review of orthodontic services. The outcome of this review will give guidance as to what changes will be desirable to provide the best possible model of care delivery, given the current resources available and future demand for services. It is anticipated that a report for consideration by the HSE and the Department of Health will be ready by the end of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Payments (28 May 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: Primary Care Services Provision (29 May 2013)

Alex White: The National Integrated Care Diabetes Programme is being implemented on a phased basis. The programme will improve patient access and manage patient care in an integrated manner across service settings, resulting in better outcomes, enhanced clinical decision making and the most effective use of resources. The Government has approved funding for the appointment of 17 Integrated Care...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Appeals (29 May 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.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Expenditure (29 May 2013)

Alex White: The total cost of the High Tech Drug Scheme in 2012 is €396.32 million.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Appeals (29 May 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: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (29 May 2013)

Alex White: There are no plans to extend the list of conditions covered by the Long Term Illness scheme. 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. In addition, people who...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Home Help Service Provision (29 May 2013)

Alex White: I thanks Senators John Kelly, Denis O'Donovan and Denis Landy for addressing this issue. The cornerstone of Government policy remains supporting all services for vulnerable older people, including assisting them to live at home and in their communities for as long as possible. The home help service is a core community service supporting, principally, older people to remain in their own...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Home Help Service Provision (29 May 2013)

Alex White: It is very disappointing that any services have to be reduced. The financial background is the basis on which services have been reduced, unfortunately, not just in this very important area but across the board. I agree with Senator O'Donovan's general sentiment and also with his point that the age profile has to be taken into account. There is a continuing need in that regard. If greater...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: EU Health Care Directive (29 May 2013)

Alex White: The EU directive on the application of patients' rights in cross-border health care provides clarity about the rights of patients who seek health care in another member state and supplements the rights that patients already have at EU level through the legislation on the co-ordination of social security schemes, Regulation 883/04. The purpose of the directive is to establish a clear legal...

Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2013)

Alex White: I usually think people are referring to pharmacists.

Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Referral to Select Committee (30 May 2013)

Alex White: I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection pursuant to Standing Order 82A(3)(a) (6)(a).

Topical Issue Debate: Fee Paying Schools (30 May 2013)

Alex White: On behalf of my colleague the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, I thank Deputy Mathews for giving me an opportunity to outline to the House the position concerning the issue he has raised. This Government has protected frontline services in schools to the greatest extent possible in the recent budget, and there will be no reduction in teacher numbers in primary...

Topical Issue Debate: Fee Paying Schools (30 May 2013)

Alex White: Since Donogh O'Malley introduced the free secondary schools scheme back in the 1960s it has been the overarching policy of the State to provide free secondary school education to all students. My view, shared by the Minister, is that the scarce resources available should be deployed in a manner that ensures we have the broadest possible level of provision across the board for all students...

Topical Issue Debate: Central Bank of Ireland Investigations (30 May 2013)

Alex White: I thank Deputy McGrath for raising this important issue. I have been advised by the Central Bank that it is conducting an ongoing investigation into the sale of payment protection insurance, or PPI, by firms from July 2007. In September 2012 the Central Bank broadened its investigation to include a number of other banks and credit institutions. Approximately 340,000 PPI policies have been...

Topical Issue Debate: Central Bank of Ireland Investigations (30 May 2013)

Alex White: I will certainly bring the points the Deputy raised to the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan. Deputy McGrath referred, correctly, to the constraints that exist from a legal point of view in regard to the bringing of claims in general, not only in this area. The statute of limitations confines the bringing of claims to particular limitation periods, as the Deputy will know. Presumably an...