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Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Fluoridation (6 Nov 2013)

Alex White: Water fluoridation is the adjustment of the natural concentration of fluoride in drinking water to the optimal recommended level for the prevention of dental caries. The Irish Expert Body on Fluorides and Health, established in 2004, continuously monitors new and emerging issues on fluoride and its effects. It advises that the balance of scientific evidence worldwide confirms that water...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (6 Nov 2013)

Alex White: A person's occupation or socioeconomic status is not material to an assessment of medical card/GP visit card eligibility. The medical card and GP visit card application does not, therefore, ask this information to be stated/provided by an applicant. The HSE does not capture the information that would provide a breakdown of current medical card holders by occupation type or employment sector.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (6 Nov 2013)

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 Nov 2013)

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 Nov 2013)

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 Nov 2013)

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 Nov 2013)

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 Nov 2013)

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 Nov 2013)

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 Nov 2013)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 189 and 191 together. Medical Card and GP Visit Card eligibility for persons aged 70 or older is based on assessment on a gross income basis and takes account of all income, as set out in the Health Act 1970 (as amended). For persons person aged 70 or older who are assessed as ineligible under the gross income thresholds that apply, they may also have...

Cannabis Regulation: Motion [Private Members] (5 Nov 2013)

Alex White: He spoke earlier of doing word checks. If we did a word check on Deputy Flanagan's speech, it is unlikely we would find the word "health".

Cannabis Regulation: Motion [Private Members] (5 Nov 2013)

Alex White: I have listened very carefully to Deputies Flanagan, Maureen O'Sullivan and others and we must listen to one another. We must have regard to what is happening internationally but we cannot exclude from the debate completely the very genuine and serious risks that exist to health, as set out in recent days, for example, by a number of psychiatrists and other professionals working in the field...

Cannabis Regulation: Motion [Private Members] (5 Nov 2013)

Alex White: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann” and substitute the following:“acknowledges that the cultivation, sale and possession of cannabis and cannabis products in Ireland is regulated under the Misuse of Drugs Acts 1977 and 1984; recognises the body of clinical evidence which demonstrates that cannabis misuse is detrimental to health;...

Cannabis Regulation: Motion [Private Members] (5 Nov 2013)

Alex White: As is well known, these issues are already covered under the Misuse of Drugs Acts 1977 and 1984. Under these Acts and the regulations made thereunder, the cultivation, production, preparation, sale, supply, distribution and possession of cannabis is prohibited, except for the purposes of research and the growing of hemp. The Government has no plans to alter or repeal the current strict...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (5 Nov 2013)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1008, 1018, 1040, 1094, 1106, 1206 and 1234 together. The Government recognises that the living costs of an individual living alone are more than half the living costs of a couple living together and that expenditure does not necessarily diminish relative to the number of people in the household. This is recognised, inter alia, through the provision of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (5 Nov 2013)

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: Misuse of Drugs (5 Nov 2013)

Alex White: Drugs misuse continues to be one of the most significant challenges facing our country. It is highly destructive and has devastating effects on individuals, relationships, families, communities and society in general. Implementation of the National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016 which sets out Government policy in dealing with the drugs problem is being pursued across a range of Government...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (5 Nov 2013)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1020 and 1144 together. Capitation fees are paid to General Practitioners where a person has eligibility for a Medical/GP Visit Card. Fees are not paid where eligibility no longer exists e.g. following an assessment of means, emigration or death. Under the Health Act 1970, there is an obligation on all card holders to notify the HSE of any change in their...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (5 Nov 2013)

Alex White: The Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act 2013 gave legislative effect to the Budget 2013 measure to reduce the gross income thresholds for an over-70s medical card and to provide for a scheme of assessment for an over- 70 s GP visit card. Following enactment, in the period from 5 April 2013 to 30 October 2013, 82,103 review application assessments have been conducted in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (5 Nov 2013)

Alex White: Medical Card and GP Visit Card eligibility under the scheme for persons aged 70 or older is solely based on an assessment of gross income. For persons person aged 70 or older who are assessed as ineligible under the gross income thresholds that apply, they may also have their eligibility assessed under the means tested medical card scheme. This assessment is based on net income and...