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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (19 Dec 2013)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 337 and 338 together. The reduction in size of the public service has been an essential component of the approach to addressing the State’s fiscal difficulties. This has been combined with a firm focus on improving public service efficiency and effectiveness. The Haddington Road Agreement provides for some five million additional working hours...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (19 Dec 2013)

Alex White: The HSE has confirmed that, at that time referred to by the Deputy, discretion has been exercised in a positive way on more than 20,000 occasions in granting medical card eligibility.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (19 Dec 2013)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 343, 344, 346 and 349 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: Health Services Staff Recruitment (19 Dec 2013)

Alex White: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Drugs (19 Dec 2013)

Alex White: Medical card holders are required to pay a €2.50 charge per item for medicines and other prescription items supplied to them by community pharmacists, subject to a cap of €25 per month for each person or family. These new rates are effective from 1 December 2013. Prescription charges do not apply to children in the care of the HSE or to methadone supplied to patients...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Provision (19 Dec 2013)

Alex White: I wish to assure the Deputy that there is no ongoing risk to the public in relation to this case. This matter is receiving urgent attention in the HSE and I expect a report early in the New Year.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Expenditure (19 Dec 2013)

Alex White: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescription Charges (19 Dec 2013)

Alex White: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (19 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 Data (19 Dec 2013)

Alex White: The Primary Care Reimbursement Service has a target to have 90% of properly completed medical/GP visit card applications processed within 15 days. The current turnaround is 95.7%. within 15 days. The length of time that it takes for applicants to receive a decision on their medical card applications depends on whether a completed application form was submitted, and if not, how quickly the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (15 Jan 2014)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 738 and 866 together. There are no plans to extend the list of conditions covered by the Long Term Illness scheme. Under the Drug Payment Scheme, no individual or family pays more than €144 per calendar month towards the cost of approved prescribed medicines. The scheme significantly reduces the cost burden for families and individuals incurring...

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Directives (15 Jan 2014)

Alex White: The Directive on Patients' Rights in Cross Border Healthcare provides rules for the reimbursement to patients' of the cost of receiving treatment abroad, where the patient would be entitled to such treatment in their home Member State (Member State of Affiliation) and supplements the rights that patients already have at EU level through the legislation on the coordination of social security...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Appeals (15 Jan 2014)

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 Data (15 Jan 2014)

Alex White: The 1970 Health Act provides that persons who are unable, without undue hardship, to arrange GP services for themselves and family qualify for a medical card, having regard to the overall financial situation of the applicant and his/her dependants. Applications are, in the first instance, subject to a means assessment to determine if assessable income declared is within the set income...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Appeals (15 Jan 2014)

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 (15 Jan 2014)

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 (15 Jan 2014)

Alex White: The primary care centre for the specified location was approved in 2012 in the context of the approval of the HSE's multi-annual Capital Plan 2012-2016. Its 2014 capital requirements will be met from the the HSE's 2014 capital allocation. The HSE's approved 2014 National Service Plan states that it is expected that the primary care centre at the specified location will be completed by Q4...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (15 Jan 2014)

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 (15 Jan 2014)

Alex White: Klean Prep is a product intended for colonic lavage prior to diagnostic examination or surgical procedures requiring a clean colon (e.g. colonoscopy, barium enema or colonic resection, which are not performed in the community setting). Accordingly, there is not now and there has not been any medical indication that would justify reimbursable status for Klean Prep in the GMS Scheme or in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (15 Jan 2014)

Alex White: The HSE has an effective system in place for the provision of emergency medical cards for patients who are terminally ill, or who are seriously ill and in urgent need of medical care that they cannot afford. They are issued within twenty-four hours of receipt of the required patient details and the letter of confirmation of the condition from a doctor or a medical consultant. With the...