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- Written Answers — Drug Pricing Agreement: Drug Pricing Agreement (3 Jul 2012)
Róisín Shortall: My Department and the HSE are continuing to engage with IPHA to secure reductions in the price of drugs. As an interim agreement, IPHA have agreed to provide â¬10m in savings in 2012 (â¬20m in a full year) through reductions in the price of off-patent medicines. The HSE shall give its approval to the reimbursement of drugs which in the normal course of events would have been approved for...
- 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.
- Written Answers — Dental Services: Dental Services (3 Jul 2012)
Róisín Shortall: The National Oral Health Office of the HSE issued Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to dental contractors in November 2011 to support equitable and priority funding and to provide clear guidance to dentists on the application of DTSS prior approval requests.The SOPs provide for the prioritisation for treatment of high risk patients. These patients receive a wider range of services,...
- Written Answers — Dental Services: Dental 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: The HSE has guidelines in place in relation to the provision of emergency medical cards to patients with a serious medical condition in need of urgent medical care that they cannot afford. Emergency medical cards are issued within 24 hours of the receipt of the required patient details and letter of confirmation of condition from a doctor or consultant. Emergency medical cards are generally...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (3 Jul 2012)
Róisín Shortall: A medical card holder who genuinely engages with the review of their medical card will not have their entitlement withdrawn before that review is complete. This period of continued eligibility is further extended if the person appeals the non-renewal of a card or the granting of a GP visit card. To avoid a situation where eligibility ceases because the client was unable to respond to a...
- Written Answers — Drugs Payment Scheme: Drugs Payment Scheme (3 Jul 2012)
Róisín Shortall: I assume the Deputy is referring to Meladinine. If a drug is licensed an application can be made for reimbursement status. The HSE's Primary Care Reimbursement Service has no record of an application for this product.
- 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 as a matter of urgency.
- Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (4 Jul 2012)
Róisín Shortall: Ivacaftor (Kalydeco) received a positive opinion from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use at EU level in May 2012. Marketing authorisation issued by the EU Commission is anticipated in due course. Should the manufacturers make an application for inclusion of the product on the GMS and community drugs schemes, that application shall be considered in accordance with the relevant...
- Written Answers — Dental Services: Dental Services (4 Jul 2012)
Róisín Shortall: The HSE is collating a breakdown of the number of dentists employed and I will forward this information to the Deputy as soon as it is available. The HSE has no central policy to recruit additional dentists. However, the current Employment Control Framework for the health sector gives the HSE some flexibility in relation to filling posts in order to protect front line services in so far as...
- Written Answers — Primary Care Services: Primary Care Services (4 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 (4 Jul 2012)
Róisín Shortall: Shortages of essential medicines are currently a cause of concern not just in Ireland but throughout Europe and the rest of the world. It is a global problem affecting health systems in all countries and impacting on patients world-wide. Medicines shortages can be the result of one, several or any combination of factors throughout the pharmaceutical supply chain such as manufacturing...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (4 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 — Water Fluoridation: Water Fluoridation (4 Jul 2012)
Róisín Shortall: The Forum on Fluoridation Report (2002) found there was no evidence of any negative health effects from the fluoridation of public water supplies. In 2011 the EU Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks (SCHER), published its 'Opinion on critical review of any new evidence on the hazard profile, health effects, and human exposure to fluoride and the fluoridating agents of...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (4 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.
- Hospital Services (5 Jul 2012)
Róisín Shortall: I thank Deputy McHugh for raising this matter. I am responding on behalf of the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly. The Deputy has raised the important issue of how we organise our health services to ensure we have safe and consistent treatment for patients throughout the country in a way that is affordable. This is being tackled through the clinical programmes and through the...
- Hospital Services (5 Jul 2012)
Róisín Shortall: The Deputy is absolutely correct that there is significant potential for a high level of co-operation between our health service and its equivalent in the North. Many of the possibilities are being explored actively. There is much potential for synergy. Just last weekend, I met two of my counterparts, Mr. McCann and Mr. Bell, on co-operation in respect of drugs and alcohol. We will be...
- Ambulance Service (5 Jul 2012)
Róisín Shortall: I thank the Deputies for giving me the opportunity to address this issue. I am responding on behalf of the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly. The HSE's national ambulance service, NAS, has been progressively improving and modernising emergency ambulance services in Cork and Kerry. As part of this process, stations and crews are changing from being on call to having on-duty rostering....