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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: Medical Card Eligibility (5 Nov 2013)

Alex White: Changes to eligibility criteria for a medical card or a GP visit card since March 2011 are detailed as follows. Under Budget 2013, the income thresholds for an over-70s medical card were adjusted to €600 gross income per week for a single person, and €1,200 gross income per week for a couple. Those persons over 70 with a weekly income of €600-€700 for a single...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (5 Nov 2013)

Alex White: All medical card applicants are informed, by letter, of the outcome of their application and persons' eligibility is not removed without having been informed of such a decision. Those who are unsuccessful are given an explanation of the decision, including a detailed financial breakdown. The unsuccessful applicants are informed of their right to seek a review of the decision by the PCRS or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Provision (5 Nov 2013)

Alex White: I am unaware of any such allegations. I have sought information from the HSE on this issue and will write to the Deputy in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (5 Nov 2013)

Alex White: Cannabis is designated as a Schedule 1 controlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977. Under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977, the manufacture, production, preparation, sale, supply, distribution and possession of cannabis or cannabis-based medicinal products are unlawful except for the purposes of research. My Department is aware that cannabis for medicinal use has been legalised in some...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (5 Nov 2013)

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: Prescription Charges (5 Nov 2013)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1199 and 1245 together. Persons suffering from prescribed conditions, who are not already medical card holders, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (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: Medical Card Reviews (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: Medicinal Products Availability (5 Nov 2013)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1216 and 1217 together. Nadolol is provided to patients under the Unlicensed Medicines Protocol when clinically necessary. The HSE had agreed an administrative a price of approximately €80 but earlier this year was informed that the price would increase significantly. Where the product is prescribed by or on the recommendation of a consultant,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Payments (5 Nov 2013)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1220 to 1223, inclusive, together. The HSE, through the Primary Care Reimbursement Service (PCRS), makes payments to General Practitioners (GPs) for services they provide to eligible persons who hold a medical card or GP visit card, therefore, I have referred this matter to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (5 Nov 2013)

Alex White: Under paragraph 11 of the General Medical Services (GMS) contract, a general practitioner (GP) is expected to provide his/her patients who hold a medical card or GP visit card with all proper and necessary treatment of a kind generally undertaken by a GP and not requiring special skill or experience of a degree or kind which GPs cannot reasonably be expected to possess. Under paragraph 27...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (5 Nov 2013)

Alex White: The National Clinical Programme for Asthma, which commenced in 2011, is one of a number of chronic disease programmes established in the HSE’s Clinical Care Directorate aimed at bringing a systematic approach to changes in how services for patients are delivered. The initial focus of the work of the Programme has been primarily on three main areas: 1. The development and...

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

Alex White: With the exception of the measures announced in Budget 2014, there are no proposals at present to change the qualifying criteria for medical cards for persons aged under 70 in 2014.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Provision (5 Nov 2013)

Alex White: The HSE provides orthodontic treatment to patients based on their level of clinical need. An individual's access to orthodontic treatment is determined against a set of clinical guidelines and priority is given to patients with greatest needs. 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: Orthodontic Services Provision (5 Nov 2013)

Alex White: The HSE provides orthodontic treatment to patients based on their level of clinical need. An individual's access to orthodontic treatment is determined against a set of clinical guidelines and priority is given to patients with greatest needs. 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: Health Services Issues (5 Nov 2013)

Alex White: The 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: Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments (5 Nov 2013)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1241 and 1242 together. The HSE, through the Primary Care Reimbursement Service (PCRS), makes payments to General Practitioners (GPs) for services they provide to eligible persons who hold a medical card or GP visit card, therefore, I have referred this matter to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Generic Drugs Substitution (5 Nov 2013)

Alex White: The Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, which came into operation on the 24th of June, will introduce a system of generic substitution and reference pricing. Under the Act, the Irish Medicines Board (IMB) is responsible for the assessment for interchangeability of medicines. The IMB will review an initial 20 active substances, which equates to approximately 1,500 individual...

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

Alex White: As part of Budget 2014, the Government decided to change the rules, whereby persons who have been unemployed for 12 months retain their medical card for three years on returning to work. In this case, the medical card is retained by the person, and his or her dependents, for the three years irrespective of their means or income. The savings are based on an estimate of the number of persons...