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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (6 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 Applications (6 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 (6 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 (6 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 (6 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 (6 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 (6 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 Aids and Appliances Provision (6 May 2014)
Alex White: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (6 May 2014)
Alex White: As these are service matters, they have been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Administration (6 May 2014)
Alex White: General Practitioners (GPs) are reimbursed by the HSE's Primary Care Reimbursement Service for a range of services they provide to medical card and GP visit card holders. Therefore, this matter has been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Licensing (6 May 2014)
Alex White: As this is a service related matter, the HSE has been asked to examine the specific query raised by the Deputy and to reply to her as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (6 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 Applications (6 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 Applications (6 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 (6 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: Medicinal Products Availability (6 May 2014)
Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 432 and 434 together. On 14 March 2014, the UK Government announced the introduction of an Early Access to Medicines Scheme (EAMS) which aims to give patients with life threatening or seriously debilitating conditions access to medicines that have not yet obtained a marketing authorisation from the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)....
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (6 May 2014)
Alex White: It is not possible to identify unmet needs in terms of off-label and unauthorised medicines. Under European and Irish legislation, medicines must be authorised (licensed) before being placed on the market. The legislation provides that a medical practitioner may prescribe an unlicensed medicine for use by an individual patient under his direct personal responsibility. Off-label use of a...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (6 May 2014)
Alex White: There have been no changes to the Dublin Dental University Hospital's patient acceptance procedures, the details of which are published on its website and in patient information leaflets.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (6 May 2014)
Alex White: I am advised by the HSE that, according to most recent statistics at 1 April 2014, the number of persons with medical card eligibility was 1,799,103 and the number of persons with GP visit card eligibility was 120,981. The additional information sought by the Deputy is not readily available. However, I have asked the Health Service Executive to supply this information to me and I will...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (6 May 2014)
Alex White: As the HSE has its own Vote, the determination of the allocation of the Health budget across the various directorates is a matter for the HSE. Therefore, this matter has been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.