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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Appeals (2 Oct 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...

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2013)

Alex White: It is what the Opposition is there for.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Fluoridation (3 Oct 2013)

Alex White: Fluoride is a natural mineral found, in variable concentrations, in soil, fresh water, sea water, plants and many foods. The European Food Safety Authority in its "Tolerable Upper Intake Levels for Vitamins and Minerals" (2005) reviewed the upper levels of daily intakes of fluoride that are unlikely to pose a risk of adverse health effects and determined a value of 7mg/day. Fluoride is not a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (3 Oct 2013)

Alex White: The HSE is responsible for providing dental care to school children. The matter has therefore been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (3 Oct 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: Misuse of Drugs (3 Oct 2013)

Alex White: Under the Misuse of Drugs Act, 1977, the manufacture, production, preparation, sale, supply, distribution and possession of cannabis or cannabis-based medicinal products are unlawful except for the purposes of research. It is not the intention of Government to legalise the use of cannabis. Notwithstanding the Government’s reluctance to loosen the controls on cannabis generally,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (3 Oct 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 Centres Provision (3 Oct 2013)

Alex White: The HSE has responsibility for the provision of Primary Care Centres; the operation and maintenance of existing health centres; and the provision of services at such centres. Therefore, this matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (3 Oct 2013)

Alex White: The HSE does not collate medical card eligibility by county or local authority areas. This data is collated Local Health area format. The number of persons currently eligible for a Medical Card at 1 September 2013 by Local Health area is provided below: LHO AREA NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE PERSONS ON MEDICAL CARDS as at 1st September 2013 NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE PERSONS ON GP VISIT CARDS as at 1st...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescription Charges (3 Oct 2013)

Alex White: Medical card holders are required to pay a €1.50 charge per item for medicines and other prescription items supplied to them by community pharmacists, subject to a cap of €19.50 per month for each person or family. Prescription charges do not apply to children in the care of the HSE or to methadone supplied to patients participating in the Methadone Treatment Scheme. Where a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (3 Oct 2013)

Alex White: The HSE has indicated that, given the large number of medical card holders, the variety of payment arrangements and the variation in drug costs, a single average annual cost figure in respect of the medical card is not a sufficiently refined measure for analysis.

Discretionary Medical Cards: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2013)

Alex White: I move amendment No. 1:To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "notes that: -- there has been no change to the manner in which discretionary medical cards are awarded; -- there is no target set in the Health Service Executive (HSE) National Service Plan to reduce the number of discretionary medical cards; -- of the 24,000 reduction in discretionary...

Discretionary Medical Cards: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2013)

Alex White: Deputies will note that the former Ombudsman was recently reported in the newspapers as stating that her officials' examinations of complaints about the removal of discretionary medical cards revealed nothing substantial had changed in regard to the regulations that applied. We do, of course, need to ensure that those most in need can qualify for the service. We also have an obligation...

Discretionary Medical Cards: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2013)

Alex White: We have to request information in order to assess whether an individual's situation has changed. I do not think there is any improper or objectionable to the HSE writing people to ask for information in order to assess whether their position has changed. Deputies have raised a number of individual cases. I accept they did so entirely in good faith. I encourage them to use the dedicated...

Discretionary Medical Cards: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2013)

Alex White: I would be quite happy to hear from Deputy Healy in respect of cases that are not being addressed in the manner that I am saying they are. For all of these reasons, I commend the amendment to the House. There is no such thing as a medical card on medical grounds. Our system has never awarded medical cards on those grounds. Obviously, Deputies have an issue with the operation of...

Discretionary Medical Cards: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2013)

Alex White: Deputy Fleming said it.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (8 Oct 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 Appeals (8 Oct 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 Appeals (8 Oct 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 (8 Oct 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.