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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (2 Jul 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 (2 Jul 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 (2 Jul 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 (2 Jul 2013)

Alex White: The Health Service Executive operates under the legislative framework of the Health Act of 1970, as subsequently amended. In the interest of probity, the HSE is obliged to ensure that a person’s eligibility is correctly recorded in line with the eligibility legislation and the national guidelines. The HSE aims to ensure that every person who is entitled to the medical card schemes is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Issues (2 Jul 2013)

Alex White: 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 (LTI) Scheme. Medical card holders are required to pay prescription charges. Prescription charges are not payable in respect of items supplied under the LTI Scheme. In...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (2 Jul 2013)

Alex White: I am aware of the literature circulated by the Vasculitis Ireland Awareness foundation. There is no set treatment regime for vasculitis. Treatment depends on the type of vasculitis that a person has, the organs affected and the severity or otherwise of the condition. Treatment may involve taking over the counter medication and/or prescription medication or, in certain cases, surgery. A...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (2 Jul 2013)

Alex White: This is a service matter, therefore, it has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (2 Jul 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: General Medical Services Scheme Payments (2 Jul 2013)

Alex White: The current General Medical Services (GMS) General Practitioner (GP) Capitation Contract was introduced in 1989 and is based on a diagnosis and treatment model. Under the GMS contract, GPs receive a range of fees and allowances, including an annual capitation payment in respect of each medical card and GP visit card patient on their GMS list. Under the Financial Emergency Measures in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Generic Drugs Substitution (2 Jul 2013)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 697 and 698 together. The prices of drugs vary between countries for a number of reasons, including different prices set by manufacturers, different wholesale and pharmacy mark-ups, different dispensing fees and different rates of VAT. In recent years, a number of changes to the pricing and reimbursement system have been successfully introduced in Ireland....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Threshold (2 Jul 2013)

Alex White: Under the Drug Payment Scheme, no individual or family pays more than €144 per calendar month towards the cost of approved prescribed medicines. The scheme significantly reduces the cost burden for families and individuals incurring ongoing expenditure on medicines. In addition, people who cannot, without undue hardship, arrange for the provision of medical services for themselves...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jul 2013)

Alex White: This is the end of the debate and I will not be interrupted. I ask for the Ceann Comhairle's protection.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jul 2013)

Alex White: I was talking about Deputy Michael McGrath, not Deputy Peter Mathews. If we are to be fair and reasonable in this debate, the way the question ought to be phrased is if we are saying it would or could never arise. I remember that Dr. Rhona Mahony made this point in the Seanad.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jul 2013)

Alex White: I quoted Deputy Michael McGrath fairly. I have simply said in the course of the debate, as I am entitled to do, that he put that question and that I think the real question to put is the other one. That is a perfectly reasonable point to make in the course of debate. It is very hard to understand why we are having interruptions from a colleague at the very end of the debate. We know that...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jul 2013)

Alex White: I thank all the Deputies for their contributions throughout this very good and extensive debate, which was very respectful to all the positions that have been articulated. I did not hear any attacks by any colleagues on the character of others who have taken a different view, as was suggested earlier. All the contributions have been measured and there has been a very good analysis of the...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Hospice Services (27 Jun 2013)

Alex White: I will certainly relay those insights and comments to the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch. The Senator referred to a presentation which I understood would be made this week, but I now know that it took place yesterday. I am sure the Minister of State would welcome an opportunity to consider it, as I am sure she has seen it and will have an opportunity to study it. I am sure it...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Hospice Services (27 Jun 2013)

Alex White: On behalf of the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, I thank the Senator for raising this issue as it gives us an opportunity to outline the current position. Palliative care in Ireland is being developed on the basis of the following national strategic documents: Report of the National Advisory Committee on Palliative Care, published by the Department of Health and Children in 2001;...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Alex White: I agree.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Hospice Services (27 Jun 2013)

Alex White: On behalf of the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, I thank the Senator for raising this issue as it gives us an opportunity to outline the current position. Palliative care in Ireland is being developed on the basis of the following national strategic documents: Report of the National Advisory Committee on Palliative Care, published by the Department of Health and Children in 2001;...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Hospice Services (27 Jun 2013)

Alex White: I will certainly relay those insights and comments to the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch. The Senator referred to a presentation which I understood would be made this week, but I now know that it took place yesterday. I am sure the Minister of State would welcome an opportunity to consider it, as I am sure she has seen it and will have an opportunity to study it. I am sure it...