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Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (28 Jan 2014)

Alex White: The HSE's response to you dated 24 February states that construction of the Corduff primary care centre is scheduled to begin in Q32014. For ease of reference a copy of that letter can be accessed via the following link: Corduff Primary Care Centre.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (28 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 (28 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 (28 Jan 2014)

Alex White: The prices of drugs vary between countries for a number of reasons, including different prices set by manufacturers, different wholesale and pharmacy mark-ups, different dispensing fees and different rates of VAT. In recent years, a number of changes to the pricing and reimbursement system have been successfully introduced in Ireland. These have resulted in reductions in the prices of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (28 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 Access (28 Jan 2014)

Alex White: The HSE operates a Treatment Abroad Scheme (TAS), for persons entitled to treatment in another EU/EEA member state or Switzerland under EU Regulation 1408/71, as per the procedures set out in EU Regulations 574/72, and in accordance with Department of Health Guidelines. Within these governing EU Regulations and the Department of Health Guidelines, the TAS provides for the cost of approved...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (28 Jan 2014)

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: Medical Card Eligibility (28 Jan 2014)

Alex White: All medical card and GP visit card holders are subject to a periodic review of eligibility to determine continuing eligibility. Ordinarily, three months before an individual’s existing medical card/GP visit card eligibility expiry date, a review notification issues to the individual (or their parents, in the case of a child). A review notification will indicate that either a self...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (28 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 reasonable expenditure, of the applicant and his or her partner and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (28 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: Long-Term Illness Scheme Data (28 Jan 2014)

Alex White: The HSE is responsible for the administration of the primary care schemes, therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (28 Jan 2014)

Alex White: The Government is committed to introducing, on a phased basis, a universal GP service without fees within its first term of office, as set out in the Programme for Government and the Future Health strategy framework. This policy constitutes a fundamental element in the Government’s health reform programme. There has been no change to the Government’s over-arching commitment to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (28 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: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 Jan 2014)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 766 and 767 together. As these are service issues, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (28 Jan 2014)

Alex White: The information requested by the Deputy is not readily available to my Department. I have asked the Health Service Executive to compile the information requested by the Deputy and to reply to her directly.

Topical Issue Debate: Medical Card Reviews (29 Jan 2014)

Alex White: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. I am somewhat unclear as to the specific procedure the Deputy refers to and I certainly was not aware of the proposal that he was going to make before I approached my response to his contribution to which I have listened very carefully. For the benefit of the House I will outline the procedure that is in place. The HSE, has a very structured...

Topical Issue Debate: Medical Card Reviews (29 Jan 2014)

Alex White: As I indicated to the Deputy earlier, I will certainly discuss the issues he raised with the PCRS. One of the drawbacks I foresee, and to which the Deputy alluded, to be fair to him, is the question of which pharmacist to use. The Deputy helpfully suggests it would perhaps be the most recent pharmacist, but it is not necessarily always the case that the most recent pharmacist a person has...

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Jan 2014)

Alex White: I thank the Deputies for a lively and engaging debate on our health service in the context of the 2014 national service plan. It is an issue of vital importance to us all. Throughout the deliberations, there has been, understandably, considerable focus on the financial constraints within which the HSE has been required to deliver its service plan commitments over recent years. These...

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Jan 2014)

Alex White: It never is when I am here.

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Jan 2014)

Alex White: The Deputy should speak for himself.