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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Expenditure (5 Nov 2013)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1123 and 1161 together. The HSE is not in a position to increase the current levels of expenditure on ostomy and urinary products unless cost effectiveness with clear patient benefit can be demonstrated. The HSE will require evidence to be presented as part of any product application process for addition to the List of Reimbursable Items in accordance with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (5 Nov 2013)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1125 to 1128, inclusive, together. The information sought by the Deputy is not readily available. However, I have asked the Health Service Executive to supply this information to me and I will forward it to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (5 Nov 2013)

Alex White: Arrangements have been in place for the rental of Continuous Positive Airflow Pressure Machines for some time both for Medical Card Holders and Drug Payment Scheme card holders where the person suffers from sleep apnoea. Funding for the purchase of such appliances by medical card holders may be considered within the overall priority setting for funding at local level from the Aids and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (5 Nov 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 Application Numbers (5 Nov 2013)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1135 and 1211 together. Under the provisions of the Health Act 1970, eligibility for health services in Ireland is based primarily on residency and means and medical cards are not awarded to any particular group of patients on the basis of a specific medical condition. However, the HSE has discretion to grant a medical card in certain circumstances. Medical...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Expenditure (5 Nov 2013)

Alex White: The prices paid by the HSE for products included on the list of reimburseable items apply to both the General Medical Services Scheme and the Drug Payment Scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (5 Nov 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 (5 Nov 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 (5 Nov 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: Dental Services Provision (5 Nov 2013)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Local Drugs Task Forces Funding (5 Nov 2013)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1150, 1175 and 1225 together. In line with the National Drugs Strategy, the Government is committed to continuing support for initiatives to tackle the drug problem. No decisions have been taken yet in relation to the allocations to Drugs Task Forces for 2014. In line with previous years, funding will be focused on areas where there is the highest...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (5 Nov 2013)

Alex White: The HSE Primary Care Reimbursement Service has, in the period since the centralisation of medical card processing, (1 July 2011 - to-date) received a total of 1,111,023 medical card/GP visit card applications. This total includes both new applications and renewal applications. In this period, 1,049,388 applications have been processed and decisions issued to the applicants concerned. This...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (5 Nov 2013)

Alex White: For the purposes of assessing income for an over-70s medical card, income from property (whether a family home, a holiday home or any other property) will only be included if the property is generating a rental income. The income to be assessed will be the actual rental income less any cost necessarily incurred associated with the rental of the property and such costs may include insurance...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (5 Nov 2013)

Alex White: The Government is aware that public concern on the issue of medical cards has been heightened in recent times and is committed to ensuring that the public will have all the relevant facts they need regarding medical card eligibility. In response to a request by Minister Reilly, the HSE has devised a wide ranging plan to improve the provision of information to the public about medical...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Expenditure (5 Nov 2013)

Alex White: The cost of drugs and medicines provided to medical card holders, in 2012, is estimated at just over €1.3 billion. GP visit cards do not cover the cost of drugs. Medical card holders are currently 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (5 Nov 2013)

Alex White: The Health Service Executive Community Audiology service administers and monitors hearing tests for adults who are at risk for hearing loss. Appointments for the audiology service are sent in a strict chronology according to clinical priorities and date of receipt of referral. The HSE has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (5 Nov 2013)

Alex White: I am advised by the HSE that the Medical Card/GP Visit Card National Assessment Guidelines include a description of the documentary evidence that an applicant must provide in relation to each income type an applicant and his/her dependants, if any, is in receipt of. An assessment of means, essential to a determination of an applicant’s eligibility for medical card or GP visit card...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Fluoridation (5 Nov 2013)

Alex White: In the past five years two companies have been paid for the supply delivery of hydrofluosilicic acid for the purpose of water fluoridation.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care Issues (5 Nov 2013)

Alex White: Public Health Nurses (PHNs) and Registered General Nurses (RGNs) working in the community provide a wide range of services including maternity and infant care services, child health services, services to older people, community rehabilitation, Hospital in the Home, Community Intervention Teams, leg ulcer clinics etc. Information in relation to the total number of persons in receipt of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (5 Nov 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...