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Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (19 Jun 2012)

Róisín Shortall: Under the General Medical Services (GMS) contract, a general practitioner (GP) is expected to provide his/her patients who hold medical cards or GP visit cards with all proper and necessary treatment of a kind generally undertaken by a GP. The contract between the HSE and GPs under the GMS Scheme stipulates that fees are not paid to GPs by the HSE in respect of certain medical certificates...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (19 Jun 2012)

Róisín Shortall: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy as a matter of urgency.

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (19 Jun 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 — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (19 Jun 2012)

Róisín Shortall: Under the Misuse of Drugs Act, 1977, the manufacture, production, preparation, sale, supply, distribution and possession of cannabis or cannabis-based medicinal products are unlawful except for the purposes of research. My Department is currently examining how authorised cannabis-based medicinal products for patients suffering from Multiple Sclerosis may be legally prescribed by medical...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (19 Jun 2012)

Róisín Shortall: The table below sets out the information requested by the Deputy. Date Number of Medical Cards End-2006 1,221,695 End-2007 1,276,178 End-2008 1,352,120 End-2009 1,478,560 End-2010 1,615,809 End-2011 1,694,063 March 2012 1,758,774

Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (19 Jun 2012)

Róisín Shortall: There is a number of new therapies for stroke prevention which have been the subject of media interest in recent months. HSE Management has been considering how these new medicines can be introduced into clinical care pathways as and when resources become available. These medicines involve complex clinical pathway changes and the HSE is working to ensure that all appropriate arrangements and...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 Jun 2012)

Róisín Shortall: I propose to take Questions Nos. 699 and 700 together. My Department is currently considering the Irish Society of Hearing Aid Audiologists' proposal in consultation with the HSE and will contact the Society shortly on this matter.

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (19 Jun 2012)

Róisín Shortall: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy as a matter of urgency..

Hospital Facilities (20 Jun 2012)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome the opportunity to respond to the Deputy on an issue with which I am very familiar. The Health Service Executive established the Ballymun primary health care facility at the civic offices in April 2006. It is fine facility offering a wide range of services including an X-ray suite. The latter was fully commissioned in 2008 but, as I understand it, it was not possible to staff it...

Hospital Facilities (20 Jun 2012)

Róisín Shortall: It is a shame that the necessary resources for staffing were not provided when the facility was established in 2006. It is yet another example of poor planning within the health service, where capital and revenue are often not co-ordinated. It is important to point out that there is changed thinking in regard to diagnostics. There are concerns, for example, about having an X-ray machine in...

Written Answers — Dental Services: Dental Services (20 Jun 2012)

Róisín Shortall: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Drugs Payment Scheme: Drugs Payment Scheme (20 Jun 2012)

Róisín Shortall: The company that manufactures the drug Nalcrom has discontinued the product in Ireland and it is no longer authorised for marketing in Ireland. In view of this the product is no longer available for reimbursement under the GMS and community drugs schemes. In order for a medicinal product to be added to the List of Reimbursable Items maintained by the HSE for reimbursement under the GMS and...

Written Answers — Dental Services: Dental Services (20 Jun 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 (20 Jun 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 — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (20 Jun 2012)

Róisín Shortall: Pradaxa is available under the GMS Scheme, the Drug Payment Scheme and other community drugs schemes for the prevention of blood clots in adult patients who have undergone elective hip replacement surgery or elective knee replacement surgery. The HSE is assessing the availability of resources to provide for the long term treatment with Pradaxa for the prevention of stroke in patients with...

Written Answers — General Practitioner Services: General Practitioner Services (20 Jun 2012)

Róisín Shortall: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy as a matter of urgency.

Written Answers — Orthodontic Services: Orthodontic Services (20 Jun 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 (21 Jun 2012)

Róisín Shortall: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy as a matter of urgency.

Written Answers — Dental Services: Dental Services (21 Jun 2012)

Róisín Shortall: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Expert Body on Fluoridation: Expert Body on Fluoridation (21 Jun 2012)

Róisín Shortall: The Irish Expert Body on Fluorides and Health and its sub-committees have broad representation from areas such as dentistry, biochemistry, environmental health and public health medicine. The expert body's reports, position statements and minutes of its meetings are published on its website to ensure transparency. In evaluating ongoing research on all aspects of fluoridation, the expert...