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- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (27 Sep 2011)
Róisín Shortall: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (27 Sep 2011)
Róisín Shortall: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (27 Sep 2011)
Róisín Shortall: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (27 Sep 2011)
Róisín Shortall: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (27 Sep 2011)
Róisín Shortall: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (27 Sep 2011)
Róisín Shortall: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (27 Sep 2011)
Róisín Shortall: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (27 Sep 2011)
Róisín Shortall: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (27 Sep 2011)
Róisín Shortall: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (27 Sep 2011)
Róisín Shortall: The HSE has identified a need for 518 Primary Care Teams and 386 of them have commenced operation with widely varying degrees of activity. The remaining 132 Teams are at varying stages of development. The table shows the number of Primary Care Teams in place and the number of Teams in development, at the end of August 2011, broken down on a HSE Regional and Local Health Office Area basis. ...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Sep 2011)
Róisín Shortall: The Joint Committee on Health and Children produced a Review of Public Orthodontic Services in June 2005, which contained seven specific recommendations. The position in relation to each recommendation is set out in the tabular statement. Recommendations Status of Recommendations The existing guide-lines for Orthodontic Treatment (Categories A, B and C) should be replaced by the Index of...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (27 Sep 2011)
Róisín Shortall: The Dental Council has established schemes for the recognition of grades of auxiliary dental workers, including Orthodontic Therapists. I understand that no such workers are currently registered with the Dental Council. The HSE intends to review the delivery of orthodontic services and all possible avenues in relation to internationally recognised models of good practice will be considered in...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (27 Sep 2011)
Róisín Shortall: The total funding allocated to the Irish Expert Body on Fluorides and Health was â¬400,000 in 2010 and â¬350,000 in 2011. This funding was for secretariat costs. Members of the Expert Body provide their expertise on a voluntary basis.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (27 Sep 2011)
Róisín Shortall: Under the General Medical Card Scheme, medical cards are made available to persons and their dependants who would otherwise experience undue hardship in meeting the cost of general practitioners services. Eligibility for the medical card is based primarily on the means of the adult and his/her spouse or civil partner. Two years is now the average period nationally for which an individual or...
- Written Answers — Pharmacy Regulations: Pharmacy Regulations (27 Sep 2011)
Róisín Shortall: The current rates of payments for pharmacists are set out in the Health Professionals (Reduction of Payments to Community Pharmacy Contractors) Regulations 2011 (SI No. 300 of 2011). The Minister for Health is required by the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2009 to carry out a review of the operation, effectiveness and impact of the rates before the end of the year....
- Seanad: Hospital Services. (27 Sep 2011)
Róisín Shortall: I thank the Senator for raising this issue, to which I am responding on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly. I am glad to have an opportunity to clarify a number of points. The Government wants a health service which is safe, of high quality and affordable. Local hospitals can and should be a vibrant element of local health services. They should provide treatment...
- Seanad: Mental Health Services (27 Sep 2011)
Róisín Shortall: I thank the Senator for raising this matter on the Adjournment. The Government has prioritised the development of the mental health service in line with A Vision for Change. In that context, it is committed to reforming our model of health care delivery in order that more and better quality care is delivered in the community. It is its intention that over time access to modern mental...
- Seanad: Mental Health Services (27 Sep 2011)
Róisín Shortall: To clarify, in this case the clinical decision was taken by the clinical psychiatrist. It is the view of that psychiatrist that a treatment plan is available locally in Galway and that it should be availed of in the first instance. This is not something in which a Minister has a role. A clinical decision was taken by the young woman's treating clinical psychiatrist.
- Health Insurance (28 Sep 2011)
Róisín Shortall: That is not true.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Sep 2011)
Róisín Shortall: The Programme for Government provides for significant strengthening of primary care services to deliver universal primary care with the removal of cost as a barrier to access for patients. This commitment will be achieved on a phased basis to allow for the recruitment of additional doctors, nurses and other primary care professionals. Access to primary care without fees will be extended in...