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- Written Answers — Substance Misuse: Substance Misuse (28 Jun 2012)
Róisín Shortall: I welcomed the launch last week by the then Lord Mayor of Dublin, Councillor Andrew Montague, of the Report of the Strategic Response Group entitled "A Better City for All". I note the participation of various organisations in the group and I support their objective of reducing anti-social behaviour in Dublin city centre. There are 52 clinics within the four Dublin Local Authority Areas of...
- Written Answers — Misuse of Drugs: Misuse of Drugs (28 Jun 2012)
Róisín Shortall: I propose to take Questions Nos. 252 and 253 together. My Department is reviewing the Misuse of Drugs Regulations with a view to tackling the problem of prescription drugs such as benzodiazepine and z-drug medicines being traded illicitly. Part of that review includes a wide-ranging consultation process with key stakeholders, including the IMB and the Department of Justice as well as Customs...
- Written Answers — Orthodontic Services: Orthodontic Services (28 Jun 2012)
Róisín Shortall: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (28 Jun 2012)
Róisín Shortall: Section 11 of the General Medical rvices (GMS) GP Capitation Contract, which was introduced in 1989, provides that the medical practitioner shall provide for eligible persons, on behalf of the Health rvice Executive, all proper and necessary treatment of a kind usually undertaken by a general practitioner and not requiring special skill or experience of a degree or kind which general...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (28 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 — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (28 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 (28 Jun 2012)
Róisín Shortall: I will arrange for the Health Service Executive to contact the Deputy with the precise procedures currently in place.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (28 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 (28 Jun 2012)
Róisín Shortall: Medical cards are granted by the HSE on the basis of means and individual circumstances and all persons seeking a medical card must be assessed under the undue hardship principle. There are no plans to provide for the granting of medical cards to any particular group of patients with specific medical conditions. The HSE may look beyond the applicants financial situation and have regard to...
- Written Answers — Water Fluoridation: Water Fluoridation (3 Jul 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 also has a strong consumer input in terms of members of the public and representatives of consumer interests. The sub-committees of the Expert Body may also co-opt members as the need...
- Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (3 Jul 2012)
Róisín Shortall: Eltroxin, which contains the active substance levothyroxine, is a long-established medicine that is used to control hypothyroidism, congenital hypothyroidism and juvenile myxoedema. It is marketed in tablets containing 25, 50 and 100 micrograms and is the subject of a marketing authorisation in Ireland. The product is manufactured in the United Kingdom. A shortage of Eltroxin emerged in...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (3 Jul 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 — Long-Term Illness Scheme: Long-Term Illness Scheme (3 Jul 2012)
Róisín Shortall: I propose to take Questions Nos. 586, 594 and 659 together. 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 â¬132 per calendar month towards the cost of approved prescribed medicines. The scheme significantly reduces the cost burden for families and individuals incurring...
- Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (3 Jul 2012)
Róisín Shortall: Pharmaceutical companies must apply to the Health Service Executive (HSE), for their product(s) to be reimbursed under the General Medical Services (GMS) Scheme and the community drugs schemes. Neither the HSE nor my Department has a role in the decision by a company as to whether it makes such an application to the HSE. In order for a medicinal product to be considered by the HSE for...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (3 Jul 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 (3 Jul 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 — Pharmacy Services: Pharmacy Services (3 Jul 2012)
Róisín Shortall: I propose to take Questions Nos. 593 and 642 together. New regulations to provide for the recognition of UK 4-year pharmacist qualifications in Ireland were signed by the Minister for Health on the 30th June 2012. They are entitled the European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications relating to the Profession of Pharmacist) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 235 of 2012). The...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (3 Jul 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 (3 Jul 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 (3 Jul 2012)
Róisín Shortall: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.