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- Medical Cards (22 Feb 2012)
Róisín Shortall: I am happy to do that. As the Deputy noted, the programme for Government commits to introducing free GP care during the lifetime of this Government. The first phase will be introduced shortly, bringing all existing claimants of free drugs under the long-term illness scheme to free GP care under that initiative. That requires primary legislation although the Bill is short and...
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)
Róisín Shortall: Deputy McGuinness really is shameless.
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)
Róisín Shortall: Who created the monster?
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)
Róisín Shortall: I would like to respond to the issues raised by Deputy Niall Collins regarding maternity services in Limerick. It has been pointed out to him in the House and in the media that the figures Dr. Gerry Burke used originally were not accurate. That has been accepted by most people and the Deputy should also be prepared to accept that the original figures were wrong. In addition, he is being...
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)
Róisín Shortall: Those figures were not accurate. People locally who care about the service are happy with what is being proposed.
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)
Róisín Shortall: The Deputy should have disclosed that when he was throwing around allegations.
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)
Róisín Shortall: The figure is 16 and a number of the people will be replaced. I would like to address the medical card issue. As I said on previous occasions, I am conscious of the serious difficulties that have resulted for many patients because of the centralisation of medical card services and the level of service provided in recent times has not been acceptable. A review of the services, processes and...
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)
Róisín Shortall: I would like an opportunity to outline the improvements that were initiated recently. The HSE has introduced a self-assessment system for all medical card holders aged over 66. The system is also being introduced for people under the age of 66 who received a medical card on the basis of means. We will have a system, therefore, under which people will be required to declare that their...
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)
Róisín Shortall: Did the Deputy ever hear of the troika?
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)
Róisín Shortall: There is collective amnesia.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (22 Feb 2012)
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 (22 Feb 2012)
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 (22 Feb 2012)
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 (22 Feb 2012)
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 — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (22 Feb 2012)
Róisín Shortall: With effect from 1st January 2001, following an evaluation process, over 120 interim funded projects in Local Drugs Task Force areas were mainstreamed to various Departments and Agencies. From then on, funding and oversight became the responsibility of those bodies. There were no projects mainstreamed to the Department of Health. However, I can confirm that 65 projects were mainstreamed to...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (22 Feb 2012)
Róisín Shortall: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (22 Feb 2012)
Róisín Shortall: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Services for People with Disabilities (23 Feb 2012)
Róisín Shortall: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter, which I am taking on behalf of my colleague, the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Kathleen Lynch. Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive, HSE, is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services, including disability services. The HSE, through its...
- Services for People with Disabilities (23 Feb 2012)
Róisín Shortall: It is not a case of using disabled people to drive efficiencies. In the case of disability services, the plan provides for a 3.7% reduction in budgets but it makes it clear that there is scope for achieving a 2% saving on efficiencies, which brings it down to a 1.7% reduction. In the current climate where everybody is under pressure in terms of budgets and is required to reduce their...
- Ambulance Service (23 Feb 2012)
Róisín Shortall: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. I am responding on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Reilly. The national ambulance service provides pre-hospital emergency care and emergency transport to the health service. Previously, each health board ran its own ambulance service, with little co-ordination of activities across board boundaries and no clear national leadership on pre-hospital...