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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (21 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: Medicinal Products Prices (21 Jan 2014)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 630 and 663 together. Most drugs and medicines which are paid for by the HSE are supplied to patients through their local pharmacies who, in turn, purchase them from wholesalers or, to a lesser extent, directly from drug manufacturers. There are no plans to alter these arrangements. The State has introduced a series of reforms in recent years to reduce...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (21 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 Appeals (21 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: Medicinal Products Prices (21 Jan 2014)

Alex White: The State has introduced a series of reforms in recent years to reduce pharmaceutical prices and expenditure. There has been a general price freeze in operation in Ireland for medicines supplied under the community drug schemes since the mid 1990's. These have resulted in reductions in the price of thousands of medicines. Price reductions of the order of 30% per item reimbursed have been...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (21 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 (21 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: General Practitioner Services (21 Jan 2014)

Alex White: The Government is committed to introducing, on a phased basis, a universal GP service within its term of office, as set out in the Programme for Government and the Future Health strategy framework. As announced in the Budget, it has been decided to commence the roll-out of a universal GP service by providing all children aged 5 and under with access to a GP service without fees. This will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (22 Jan 2014)

Alex White: The HSE has confirmed that, with reference to the reply of 19 December 2013, some 23,000 new medical cards have been issued on a discretionary basis.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (22 Jan 2014)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 212 to 214, inclusive, together. Adrenaline pens, as injectable medicines, are prescription only under EU law and may only be supplied on foot of a valid prescription. However, there is provision in the current Medicinal Products (Prescription and Control of Supply) Regulations 2003 (as amended) which permits pharmacists, in emergency circumstances, to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (22 Jan 2014)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 217 to 220, inclusive, together. The information requested by the Deputy is not readily available in my Department. However I have asked the Health Service Executive to investigate the matter and I will reply to the Deputy when I have any available information.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Application Numbers (22 Jan 2014)

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: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (23 Jan 2014)

Alex White: 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 ongoing expenditure on medicines. In addition, people who...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (23 Jan 2014)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 211 to 213, inclusive, together. Screening in Primary Schools is carried out by the School Health Team, made up of Public Health Doctors and Public Health Nurses. School vision screening is one of a range of services carried out by the School Health Team, specifically by Public Health Nurses. As their salaries are not split and coded to specific...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (23 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 Applications (23 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 Reviews (23 Jan 2014)

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 Eligibility (23 Jan 2014)

Alex White: The Government is committed to introducing, on a phased basis, a universal GP service within its term of office, as set out in the Programme for Government and the Future Health strategy framework. As announced in the Budget, it has been decided to commence the roll-out of a universal GP service by providing all children aged 5 and under with access to a GP service without fees. This will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (23 Jan 2014)

Alex White: Medical cards are provided to persons who, under the provisions of the Health Act 1970, are, in the opinion of the HSE unable, without undue hardship, to arrange GP services for themselves and their dependants. The assessment for a medical card is determined primarily by reference to the means, including the income and expenditure, of the applicant and his or her partner and dependants....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (23 Jan 2014)

Alex White: The HSE does not operate such a policy. If persons are dissatisfied with any aspect of the service being provided by the HSE in relation to the administration of the scheme of eligibility for Medical Cards/GP visit cards, they can address a complaint to the HSE in the following ways: (i) By phoneat Callsave 1890 252 919 (ii) By e-mail at (iii) By letter postto Client Registration Unit,...