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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (15 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 (15 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: Orthodontic Services Provision (15 Oct 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 (15 Oct 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: Dental Services Waiting Lists (15 Oct 2013)

Alex White: The HSE is responsible for providing dental care to schoolchildren. The matter has therefore been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (15 Oct 2013)

Alex White: In the current financial environment the Health Service Executive (HSE) faces a continuing challenge to deliver services in a way that will minimise any adverse impact on patients and continue to protect, as far as possible, the most vulnerable citizens. Unfortunately, as a result it has become necessary for the HSE to suspend certain products from its list of items reimbursable under the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (15 Oct 2013)

Alex White: Delivery of health infrastructure is a service delivery issue. Therefore your question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (15 Oct 2013)

Alex White: Under the General Medical Services (GMS) contract, a general practitioner (GP) is expected to provide his/her patients who hold medical cards or GP visit cards with all proper and necessary treatment of a kind generally undertaken by a GP. The contract between the HSE and GPs under the GMS Scheme stipulates that fees are not paid to GPs by the HSE in respect of certain medical...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Professional Fees (10 Oct 2013)

Alex White: A review was carried out earlier this year under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (FEMPI) Act 2009 in relation to the operation, effectiveness and impact of the amounts and rates payable to certain health professionals under the relevant Regulations. The professionals concerned were General Practitioners, Pharmacists, Dentists, Ophthalmologists, Optometrists and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (10 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: Orthodontic Services Provision (10 Oct 2013)

Alex White: The HSE provides orthodontic treatment to those who have been assessed and referred for treatment before their 16th birthday. Where a course of orthodontic treatment commences while a child is in primary school the necessary treatment will continue after the child enters secondary school. Orthodontic referrals are generally received via the Public Dental Service primary school screening...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (10 Oct 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: Medical Card Applications (10 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: Primary Care Centres Provision (10 Oct 2013)

Alex White: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has responsibility for the provision of Primary Care Centres, the operation and maintenance of existing health centres and clinics and the provision of services at such centres. Therefore, this matter has been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.

Discretionary Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Oct 2013)

Alex White: That is for emergency medical cards. The Deputy is mixing up two things.

Discretionary Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Oct 2013)

Alex White: The Deputy is talking about the emergency situation.

Discretionary Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Oct 2013)

Alex White: I think she said the motion was a puff of smoke.

Discretionary Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Oct 2013)

Alex White: For the sake of accuracy.

Discretionary Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Oct 2013)

Alex White: No, appeal to the Minister.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Fluoridation (9 Oct 2013)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 183 to 186, inclusive, together. Water fluoridation and the use of appropriate fluorides is a major plank of public health policy in Ireland in the prevention and management of tooth decay. In 2002 the Forum on Fluoridation, which was established to review this policy, concluded that the fluoridation of public piped water supplies should continue as a...