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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (22 Oct 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 Appeals (22 Oct 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 (22 Oct 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 (22 Oct 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: Prescriptions Data (22 Oct 2013)

Alex White: The Medical Council's Guide to Professional Conduct and Ethics states that "it is in the best interests of the patient that a general practitioner supervises and guides the overall management of their health". Medical card holders who are given a prescription by a hospital or clinic must request their GP to transcribe the details onto a GMS prescription form in order for them to receive...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (22 Oct 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 (22 Oct 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 Data (22 Oct 2013)

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 Data (22 Oct 2013)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 567, 568, 586, 587 and 593 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 providing...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescription Charges (22 Oct 2013)

Alex White: I am aware that the ESRI, in its report Pharmaceutical Prices, Prescribing Practices and Usage of Generics in a Comparative Context, referred to negative effects of co-payments on access to healthcare. However, as was announced in Budget 2014, it has become necessary to increase the prescription charge due to the very difficult and challenging economic environment which requires the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hearing Tests (22 Oct 2013)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 576 and 579 together. The HSE has completely rolled out its Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Programme (UNHS) in three regions to date - HSE Dublin Mid Leinster, HSE Dublin North East and HSE South. This will be fully extended to HSE West by the end of the year. The objectives of this programme are: - To offer a hearing screen to newborn babies using an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Appeals (22 Oct 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: Respite Care Grant Applications (22 Oct 2013)

Alex White: Decisions in relation to the National Lottery Respite Care Grant Scheme are made by the HSE. In the circumstances, I have referred the question to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Drug Response Project (22 Oct 2013)

Alex White: Funding provided by my Department for community drugs initiatives is allocated by Local and Regional Drugs Task Forces and channelled to projects through designated agencies including the HSE, Department of Social Protection, Education & Training Boards and certain local authorities. The allocations made in respect of each project in the Tallaght Local Drugs Task Force area in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Appeals (22 Oct 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: Hospital Waiting Lists (22 Oct 2013)

Alex White: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultants Recruitment (22 Oct 2013)

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.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Issues: Discussion (17 Oct 2013)

Alex White: I was unaware of the particular circumstances mentioned by Senator O'Brien. If she wants to discuss that particular case with me or through me with the HSE, I would want that to be addressed. I want to understand what happened in those circumstances and to ensure that there would be no repeat of them. I would also be very concerned if there is a lack of compassion and understanding in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Issues: Discussion (17 Oct 2013)

Alex White: On Deputy McLellan’s fair question as to what constitutes undue hardship, it should be possible for Deputies, Senators, the press and citizens to be able to have regard for the guidelines so as to know what is being done. They are on the HSE website. The guidelines go through the issue of financial means and the various different tests. It is complex but it goes through it in a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Issues: Discussion (17 Oct 2013)

Alex White: The Ombudsman also said she could divine no change in the basis upon which medical cards were being allocated. There is a temptation to play politics with this issue. I do not say it is confined to Deputy Kelleher or his party but that is the position he is in at the moment and we are upholding the system that is in place. Could we try to see ahead and uphold the dignity and integrity of...