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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (14 May 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: Health Services Provision (14 May 2014)

Alex White: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (14 May 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 (14 May 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 Reviews (14 May 2014)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 186, and 195 to 197, inclusive, together. Under the Health Act, 1970, eligibility for a medical card is founded primarily on the undue financial hardship test and every application must be assessed on that basis. Under the legislation, determination of an individual’s eligibility for a medical card is the responsibility of the HSE. The 1970 Health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (14 May 2014)

Alex White: On 30 April 2014, 2,892 medical practitioners held registration as trained Specialists in the specialty of General Practice on the Specialist Division of the Medical Council's Register of Medical Practitioners. Holding registration does not necessarily mean that the medical practitioner is in active practice in General Practice at this time. This compares with 2,840 on 31 December 2013;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (14 May 2014)

Alex White: All medical cards, including those granted on a discretionary basis, are subject to a periodic review of eligibility to determine continuing eligibility. Cards are selected for review in advance of the expiration of their eligibility period, i.e. when the "valid to" date on the card is approaching.In addition, cards are selected on a random basis, where the HSE carries out, on an on-going...

Discretionary Medical Cards: Motion [Private Members] (13 May 2014)

Alex White: There has been.

Discretionary Medical Cards: Motion [Private Members] (13 May 2014)

Alex White: Nonsense.

Discretionary Medical Cards: Motion [Private Members] (13 May 2014)

Alex White: They are published on the website.

Discretionary Medical Cards: Motion [Private Members] (13 May 2014)

Alex White: I wish to make a correction. There is no such thing as a discretionary medical card. I never said there is no such thing as discretion.

Discretionary Medical Cards: Motion [Private Members] (13 May 2014)

Alex White: That is right.

Discretionary Medical Cards: Motion [Private Members] (13 May 2014)

Alex White: He made a very good speech and I will deal with it if I get a chance. Under Section 45(2) of the Act the HSE is obliged, in deciding on an individual's eligibility, to have regard to the person's overall financial situation, including the means of the spouse, if any, in view of the reasonable expenditure on him or herself and his or her dependants. Different criteria apply for assessment...

Discretionary Medical Cards: Motion [Private Members] (13 May 2014)

Alex White: I move amendment No. 2:To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann” and substitute the following:“notes that: - under the Health Act 1970, eligibility for the medical card scheme is primarily means-based and that the means basis for eligibility has been subsequently re-confirmed in legislation by the Oireachtas; - the Health Act 1970 (as amended) provides that...

Discretionary Medical Cards: Motion [Private Members] (13 May 2014)

Alex White: It is not the first time it falls to me to put on the record of the House that with regard to medical cards allocated on the basis of discretion, there is no policy to abolish such cards. There is no deliberate so-called targeting to reduce the number of these cards. There is no targeting of any patient group holding these cards, nor would this even be possible, as I have explained before....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (13 May 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: Water Fluoridation (13 May 2014)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 574 and 659 together. The Forum on Fluoridation, established in 2000, reviewed the policy of water fluoridation and recommended in 2002 that it should continue as a public health measure. In 2011 a review by the European Union Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risk (SCHER) concluded that there are no known negative health implications from...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (13 May 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: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (13 May 2014)

Alex White: The HSE is responsible for the administration of the primary care schemes, therefore, the HSE has been asked to investigate the specific query raised by the Deputy and respond to him as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Process (13 May 2014)

Alex White: Work is ongoing on the drafting of regulations to amend the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1988. This process is taking longer than anticipated because it is a complex and technical body of work. The regulations will be finalised as soon as possible.