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Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (24 Sep 2013)

Alex White: There have been no recent discussions between my Department and the Health Service Executive with stakeholders in relation to the proposed primary care centre at Greystones, Co. Wicklow.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (19 Sep 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 (19 Sep 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 (19 Sep 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 (19 Sep 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 Delays (19 Sep 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 Applications (19 Sep 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 (19 Sep 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 (19 Sep 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 (19 Sep 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 (19 Sep 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 (19 Sep 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...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Departmental Staff Redeployment (18 Sep 2013)

Alex White: I thank Senator Ó Clochartaigh for raising this matter, which I am taking on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Burton. The staffing needs for all areas within the Department of Social Protection are continuously reviewed to ensure that the best use is made of all available resources with a view to providing an efficient service to those who rely on the...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Medical Card Eligibility (18 Sep 2013)

Alex White: I thank Senator Moran for raising this issue to which I have given much time, attention and thought. Medical cards are provided to persons who are, under the provisions of the Health Act 1970 and in the opinion of the HSE, unable without undue hardship to arrange GP services for themselves and their dependants. The assessment for a medical card is determined primarily by reference to the...

Seanad: Report of Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Statements (18 Sep 2013)

Alex White: The link between alcohol and cancer is undeniable. The Leader has made the point, that is also in this good report, that alcohol marketing must be regulated. We must address that issue and I hope that there will be a level of consensus in the Oireachtas on this matter in the weeks ahead.

Seanad: Report of Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Statements (18 Sep 2013)

Alex White: I did not realise that I had as many as ten minutes. If anyone else who has not contributed wishes to do so, I would not like to be the cause of their being deprived of time. I was advised that I would only have two or three minutes.

Seanad: Report of Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Statements (18 Sep 2013)

Alex White: I thank those colleagues who have contributed to our discussion on this important issue. The report identifies all of the key areas involved. Senator Noone was curious as to our response to the various recommendations. I will not go through each response, but I reflected on most in the course of my speech. Regarding the report's general recommendations, for example, the calls on the...

Seanad: Report of Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Statements (18 Sep 2013)

Alex White: I am very pleased to have the opportunity to respond to the report of the Seanad Public Consultation Committee in respect of lifestyle and its relationship to cancers. As the report points out, Ireland lies second in the world in terms of cancer incidence. Within Ireland, it is estimated that one in three people will develop cancer during their lifetime. Bearing this in mind, it is worth...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (18 Sep 2013)

Alex White: In March 2013, I issued approval to the HSE to commence recruitment to Primary Care Teams with immediate effect of 251 Primary Care posts, which included 47 Speech and Language Therapists. The recruitment process is at an advanced stage and it is the intention to have these posts filled by the end of this year. In August this year, a further 13.5 Primary Care posts were approved of which 5...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (18 Sep 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.