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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (25 Mar 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 (25 Mar 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: Primary Care Centres Provision (25 Mar 2014)

Alex White: The primary care infrastructure model offers a good fit for public private financing. In 2012 the HSE completed a prioritisation exercise for all primary care centre locations. In addition to the locations' ranks as a result of the prioritisation exercise, the mechanism and timescale for delivery of primary care infrastructure is dependent on a number of factors including GP participation. GP...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (13 Mar 2014)

Alex White: The first step for a medicine to be placed on the Irish market involves the manufacturer seeking an authorisation from the Irish Medicines Board (IMB) or in the case of certain medicinal products, the European Medicines Agency (EMA). A determination on the application for authorisation is based on a rigorous scientific assessment of the application against legal and regulatory requirements....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescription Charges (13 Mar 2014)

Alex White: Persons suffering from prescribed conditions can get free drugs, medicines and medical and surgical appliances for the treatment of that condition under the Long Term Illness Scheme. Medical card holders are required to pay prescription charges. Prescription charges are not payable in respect of items supplied under the Long Term Illness Scheme. In the case of persons who have both the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Appeals (13 Mar 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 (13 Mar 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 (13 Mar 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 Provision (13 Mar 2014)

Alex White: I wish to assure the Deputy that there is no ongoing risk to the public in relation to this case. The HSE has advised that based on the information available there is no need for a look back or for contact with patients. The HSE has further advised that other aspects of the case still under investigation relate to issues which are not of a public health concern. The Dental Council was...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (13 Mar 2014)

Alex White: The 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 forward it to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Delays (13 Mar 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 (13 Mar 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 (13 Mar 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: Generic Drugs Substitution (13 Mar 2014)

Alex White: Under an agreement reached in October 2012 with the Association of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers in Ireland (APMI), which represents the generic drugs industry, the maximum price the HSE pays for generic products is 50% of the initial price of an originator medicine. Recent negotiations with the APMI have resulted in additional price reductions being agreed. From 1 April 2014, the maximum...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Misuse of Drugs (13 Mar 2014)

Alex White: The draft regulations which are being prepared in the Department constitute a major amendment of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations. Arising from the latest consultation process, the draft regulations are being reviewed. When this review is completed, the Government's approval will be sought to notify the draft regulations to the EU Commission and Member States under the Technical Standards...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (13 Mar 2014)

Alex White: Under the provisions of the Health Act 1970 (as amended), eligibility for public health services in Ireland is based primarily on residency and means. Under EU legislation, persons insured in any EU Member state, together with persons insured in any EEA Member state (Iceland, Norway or Liechtenstein) or in Switzerland, are entitled to healthcare. In order to obtain a Medical Card under EU...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (12 Mar 2014)

Alex White: Following Budget 2013 decisions, changes to the gross income thresholds for over 70s medical cards were effective from April 2013. The changes also provided for those over 70s medical card holders, whose income fell between the revised income limits and the preceding income limits, to receive a GP visit card instead of a medical card. The income limits were set at €600 per week for a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (12 Mar 2014)

Alex White: Community Optometric Services are provided by the Health Service Executive (HSE). The HSE has therefore been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (12 Mar 2014)

Alex White: Community Optometric Services are provided by the Health Service Executive (HSE). The HSE has therefore been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (12 Mar 2014)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 189, 190, 215, 224, 225 and 230 together. The Government is committed to introducing, on a phased basis, a universal GP service without fees within its term of office, as set out in the Programme for Government and the Future Health strategy framework. As announced in the Budget, it has been decided to commence the roll-out of a universal GP service by...