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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (13 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 Reviews (13 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 Applications (13 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 Reviews (13 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 Applications (13 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 Reviews (13 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 Applications (13 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 Applications (13 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 Applications (13 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: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (13 Nov 2013)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 179, 180 and 189 together. The HSE provides orthodontic treatment to those who have been assessed and referred for treatment before their 16th birthday. Orthodontic referrals are generally received via the Public Dental Service school screening programme. An individual's access to orthodontic treatment is determined in accordance with the Modified Index of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (13 Nov 2013)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 185 and 190 together. Under Section 45 of the Health Act 1970, as amended, persons who are unable, without due hardship, to arrange a general practitioner service for themselves or their family qualify for a medical card. There is no automatic entitlement to a medical card for persons with a specific illness or disability. Under this legislation, the...

Topical Issue Debate: Tobacco Control Measures (14 Nov 2013)

Alex White: I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue. As she is aware, the Minister for Health and our Department have been public in our aims and objectives regarding smoking in Ireland. Last month, he launched Tobacco Free Ireland, which sets an ambitious target of Ireland being tobacco free by 2025. In public health terms, this means having fewer than 5% of people smoking by the year...

Topical Issue Debate: Tobacco Control Measures (14 Nov 2013)

Alex White: I will certainly discuss the Deputy's suggestion with the Minister. I thank her again for her insights and for the compelling additional points she has made. The value of Tobacco Free Ireland is that a policy statement and set of actions are in place to give guidance to those policy decisions that need to be made. In a sense, it can be added to in future, as new suggestions, such as those...

Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (14 Nov 2013)

Alex White: I thank Deputy Collins for raising this matter, which I am dealing with on behalf of my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch. I have no doubt that everyone in the House is aware of the pressures on the health system to maintain services within the parameters of its budget. Notwithstanding these financial pressures, I would like to assure the Deputy at the outset that the...

Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (14 Nov 2013)

Alex White: I am not in a position to add much more to what I have already said. However, I will undertake to raise this matter with the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, at the earliest opportunity. I will certainly have an opportunity to discuss it with her next week. If Deputy Collins reverts to me or directly to the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, we can see how to address the...

Topical Issue Debate: Rare Diseases Strategy Implementation (14 Nov 2013)

Alex White: I am pleased to have this opportunity to outline the position in relation to the matter raised by Deputy Broughan today. As outlined by the Deputy, a rare disease is defined in the EU as a disease or disorder affecting fewer than 5 in 10,000 of the European population. Although each disease is individually rare, there are a great many rare diseases. Collectively, rare diseases affect a...

Topical Issue Debate: Rare Diseases Strategy Implementation (14 Nov 2013)

Alex White: The Deputy has been very assiduous in raising this issue. Some of the specific questions raised by him are likely to be only fully addressed in the context of the national plan for rare diseases, on which I have indicated to the House work is well under way. Once finalised, the plan will be published. I do not have any direct involvement in that area but I am aware, because I work in other...

Topical Issue Debate: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (14 Nov 2013)

Alex White: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue, which I am dealing with on behalf of the Minister for Social Protection. The purpose of the rent supplement scheme is to provide short-term support to eligible people living in private rented accommodation whose means are insufficient to meet their accommodation costs, and who do not have accommodation available to them from any other source. The...

Topical Issue Debate: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (14 Nov 2013)

Alex White: I do not imagine I have much I can add to the response I have given on behalf of the Minster for Social Protection. Clearly, there is an acute problem, as described by the Deputy. As a Deputy, I am aware of the problem myself. I do not have any particular knowledge or insight other than what I have relayed to the House on behalf of the Minister. I gather the Deputy had an opportunity to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Provision (14 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.