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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (2 Jul 2014)

Alex White: The Health Service Executive (HSE) is responsible for the administration of the primary care schemes, therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (2 Jul 2014)

Alex White: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible. The Health Service Executive operates the General Medical Services scheme, which includes medical cards and GP visit cards, under the Health Act 1970, as amended. It has established a dedicated contact service for members of the Oireachtas specifically for queries relating to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (2 Jul 2014)

Alex White: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible. The Health Service Executive operates the General Medical Services scheme, which includes medical cards and GP visit cards, under the Health Act 1970, as amended. It has established a dedicated contact service for members of the Oireachtas specifically for queries relating to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (2 Jul 2014)

Alex White: In the context of the Government's decision to develop a policy framework for providing eligibility for health services on the basis of medical conditions, the Government recently announced that a medical card or GP visit card is to be issued to a person, with a serious illness, whose discretionary card was refused renewal since the centralisation of medical card assessments. If the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (2 Jul 2014)

Alex White: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (2 Jul 2014)

Alex White: The current eligibility system for health services, which has been in place since 1970, is based primarily on financial criteria. Therefore, the Government has decided to develop a policy framework for providing eligibility for health services to take account of medical conditions, including new legislation as appropriate and a HSE clinical expert group is to examine the range of conditions...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (2 Jul 2014)

Alex White: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible. The Health Service Executive operates the General Medical Services scheme, which includes medical cards and GP visit cards, under the Health Act 1970, as amended. It has established a dedicated contact service for members of the Oireachtas specifically for queries relating to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Appeals (2 Jul 2014)

Alex White: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible. The Health Service Executive operates the General Medical Services scheme, which includes medical cards and GP visit cards, under the Health Act 1970, as amended. It has established a dedicated contact service for members of the Oireachtas specifically for queries relating to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Waiting Lists (2 Jul 2014)

Alex White: Dental services to children up to 16 years are provided by the Public Dental Service of the HSE. The service is targeted at children at key stages in their development. Children are given dental examinations and any follow-up treatment required at these stages. When required, emergency dental treatment is available to all children up to 16 years. The HSE has been asked to examine the specific...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (2 Jul 2014)

Alex White: The HSE provides an optical screening service for children. Any refractive errors are treated and spectacles or other appropriate care is provided where necessary. The HSE has been asked to examine the specific query raised by the Deputy and to reply to him as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Licensing (2 Jul 2014)

Alex White: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has statutory responsibility for decisions on pricing and reimbursement of medicinal products under the community drug schemes in accordance with the provisions of the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. The HSE received an application for the inclusion of Fampridine (Fampyra®) in the GMS and community drugs schemes. The application...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (2 Jul 2014)

Alex White: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible. The Health Service Executive operates the General Medical Services scheme, which includes medical cards and GP visit cards, under the Health Act 1970, as amended. It has established a dedicated contact service for members of the Oireachtas specifically for queries relating to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (2 Jul 2014)

Alex White: Under the provisions of the Health Act 1970 (as amended), eligibility for health services in Ireland is based primarily on residency and means. Under the legislation, determination of an individual’s eligibility for a medical card is the responsibility of the HSE. The Act provides that persons who are unable, without undue hardship, having regard to their overall financial situation,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Appeals (2 Jul 2014)

Alex White: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible. The Health Service Executive operates the General Medical Services scheme, which includes medical cards and GP visit cards, under the Health Act 1970, as amended. It has established a dedicated contact service for members of the Oireachtas specifically for queries relating to...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Medical Card Reviews (1 Jul 2014)

Alex White: I accept what the Senator says, and if she is unable to obtain an answer to her question, we will have to assist her. We will do so. I understand this can sometimes be frustrating for Senators, but it was not the Minister who halted the reviews; it was the HSE. The Government made a decision on developing the policy framework to cover medical conditions in the future, not just financial...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Planning Issues (1 Jul 2014)

Alex White: I thank the Senator for raising this important matter, which I take with the permission of the House on behalf of my colleague, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. The Minister of State considers it appropriate that planning permissions be subject to a time restriction to ensure that only bona fide developments...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Planning Issues (1 Jul 2014)

Alex White: I listened carefully to what the Senator said. I thank him for his good wishes. There are competing imperatives here in terms of public policy. The planning system must have its own integrity. There is a general proposition that a five-year limit makes sense. Of course, things can change objectively in an area. That something is a sustainable proposal in a particular year may not make...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Jul 2014)

Alex White: The objective of all concerned is to ensure that patients receive treatment. I do not know why the arrangement with Cappagh Hospital came to an end. If the Senator is unable to discover why that occurred, I will certainly assist him in trying to establish the facts. I reiterate that patients who were previously seen at Cappagh Hospital will now be seen at Waterford University Hospital in...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Medical Card Reviews (1 Jul 2014)

Alex White: I should clarify that, under the relevant legislation, determination of an individual's eligibility for a medical card is the statutory responsibility of the HSE. It is very clear, under that legislation, that there is no role for the Minister for Health in assessing medical card eligibility. Furthermore, under the Health Act 2004, as amended, the Minister for Health may not give a...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Jul 2014)

Alex White: I thank the Senator for raising this issue and for allowing me the opportunity to outline the progress made on reducing waiting times for treatment. I assure the Senator and the House that there is no question of any dishonest means being used in any respect with regard to the information that I will give to him and the House and I reject any suggestion to the contrary. The special delivery...