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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: How it is proposed to deal with the waiting list of five years in Cork? We do not have enough orthodontists employed in the public service to deal with it but there are people working in the private sector who could provide the service. What do the Department and the HSE propose to do with this list? Is it a case of waiting until it gets to six, seven or eight years? When will action be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: Can Dr. Green give a timescale for getting the waiting list down? If people do not take up the offer of the HSE work, how do the Department and the HSE propose then to deal with it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: Mr. Ryan referred in his presentation to an allocation of €3.269 billion in budget 2021 for the PCRS. What is the breakdown of that sum in terms of the amount going to pharmaceuticals and hospitals?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: I understand that a large quantity of orphan drugs are being brought in and there is a special fund for that purpose. Overall, however, the cost being incurred by hospitals for medication is significant. What kind of progress is being made in achieving cost efficiency in that area?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: Can we have a breakdown of those savings figures?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: Will Mr. Ryan also provide a breakdown of the allocation of €3.269 billion to which he referred?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: Will the witnesses from the HSE send on the full details of that breakdown?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank Mr. Ryan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: I have no difficulty with people going to Northern Ireland but I object strongly to the Department passing the buck in this way. It is directing people to the treatment abroad scheme when this service could easily be provided under the NTPF. I do not accept that we should be requiring people to travel long distances to access treatment. This is especially the case with orthodontics, which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: Dr. Kavanagh will have to accept that is very hard for me to go back to a parent to say that I am waiting for another report. What we are looking for in Cork is action. We do not have orthodontists employed by the HSE so the HSE must consider alternatives but the response is not fast enough. It is not good enough that I would have to go back to a parent today and say that I do not have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: To clarify, is Dr. Kavanagh saying that under the NTPF, someone who is waiting for more than two years for orthodontic treatment, for example, can apply to be treated privately?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: What am I going to say to the parent who has been waiting for four years for orthodontic treatment for a child who is now 17? Am I supposed to tell that parent to find an orthodontist and run a go-fund-me campaign?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: I am still looking for the answer as to what I am to say to the parent. What is that parent to do this morning? Am I to go back to the parent and say that I do not have an answer on treatment for a child who has been waiting for four years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: When am I going to be able to give an answer to the parent with a child who has been waiting for four years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: When am I going to have an answer?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (31 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: 136. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made by the new office to promote competition in the insurance market to date; the level of engagement that has occurred; when a reduction in the cost of insurance is expected to take effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17082/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (31 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: 132. To ask the Minister for Finance the current tax reliefs available for carers; if additional relief may be made available for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17081/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (31 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: 426. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason for the delay in the transfer of lands at Castlefreke, Rosscarbery, County Cork from Coillte to the OPW which are required for the erection of facilities subject to planning for use by the Irish Coast Guard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17488/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (31 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: 427. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funds have been set aside by the OPW to enable the purchase of lands from Coillte at Castlefreke, Rosscarbery, County Cork which are required for the erection of facilities subject to planning for use by the Irish Coast Guard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17489/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (31 Mar 2021)

Colm Burke: 858. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will receive a wheelchair as soon as possible as a matter of priority due to their age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16314/21]