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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (10 Dec 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: Nursing Staff Recruitment (10 Dec 2013)
Alex White: As part of the phased roll out of the National Integrated Care Diabetes Programme, the Government approved funding for the appointment of 17 Integrated Care Diabetes Nurse Specialists (one per HSE Integrated Service Area). These Diabetes Nurse Specialists will play a key role in the development of clinically sound collaborative links between primary care and secondary care providers and will...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (10 Dec 2013)
Alex White: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (10 Dec 2013)
Alex White: Regulations were made in 1971, 1973 and 1975 specifying the conditions covered by the Long Term Illness Scheme. The Health Services (Amendment) Regulations, 1971 (S.I. No. 277/1971) provides that Mental Illness in a person under 16 is covered under the scheme. Issues have arisen as to whether Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is regarded as a mental illness for the purposes of the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (10 Dec 2013)
Alex White: I have asked the Health Service Executive for a report on the issues raised by the Deputy. I will revert to the Deputy on these matters as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (10 Dec 2013)
Alex White: 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 Card Delays (10 Dec 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 (10 Dec 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 (10 Dec 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: Prescription Charges (10 Dec 2013)
Alex White: As announced in Budget 2014, it has become necessary to increase the prescription charge due to the very difficult and challenging economic environment which requires the Government to achieve additional savings in health expenditure with €666 million of savings targeted in 2014. The increase in prescription charges will account for €43 million of this target. The Government is...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Administration (10 Dec 2013)
Alex White: The General Medical Services (GMS) Scheme requires medical card and GP visit card holders to choose their GP from a list of locally based doctors who hold a GMS contract. Where a GP retires from the GMS scheme and the HSE is planning to assign the retiring GP’s panel to a new GP after open competition, the HSE may, in the interim, assign persons on the retiring GP’s panel to...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Application Numbers (10 Dec 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 Eligibility (10 Dec 2013)
Alex White: Under the Drugs Payment Scheme (DPS), an individual or family only has to pay €144 each month for approved prescribed drugs, medicines and certain appliances for use by that person or his or her family in that month. The definition of a family for this Scheme is an adult, their spouse, and any children under 18 years. Dependants over 18 years and under 23 years who are in full time...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (11 Dec 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 (11 Dec 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 Eligibility (11 Dec 2013)
Alex White: In making its budgetary decisions in a manner consistent with the introduction, on a phased basis, of a universal GP service without fees within its term of office, as set out in the Programme for Government and the Future Health strategy framework, it is the Government's intention not to remove access to GP services to persons aged 70 years and over who currently have such access.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (11 Dec 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: Health Services Provision (11 Dec 2013)
Alex White: As this is a service matter, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Seanad: Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2013)
Alex White: I will explain in a few minutes.
- Seanad: Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2013)
Alex White: It is just a fact.