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Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescription Charges (11 Nov 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: The delay in providing a response to the Deputy is regretted. The HSE has now advised that it is finalising arrangements for the refund of prescription charges paid by those persons registered under the Long Term Illness (LTI) scheme during the period October 2010 - November 2013. The Primary Care Reimbursement Service is also liaising with local health offices to identify persons with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (11 Nov 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: 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 (11 Nov 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: 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 (11 Nov 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: 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 Administration (11 Nov 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: 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 (11 Nov 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: 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 Administration (11 Nov 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: 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: Health Services Staff (11 Nov 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: At the end of June 2014, 4,362 staff were assigned to Primary Care Teams and Health and Social Care Networks. In line with the commitment in the Programme for Government to a significant strengthening of primary care services, the HSE's National Service Plan 2013 provided for additional funding of €20m to support the recruitment of prioritised front-line primary care team posts and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Supply (11 Nov 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: Most drugs and medicines which are paid for by the HSE are supplied to patients through over 1,800 community pharmacies who, in turn, purchase them from wholesalers or, to a lesser extent, directly from drug manufacturers. The current pharmacy based model results in over 70 million items being dispensed annually through local pharmacies across the State, including low population centres in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Service Provision (11 Nov 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: 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: HSE Funding (11 Nov 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: The particular issue raised by the Deputy is a service matter for the Health Service Executive. Accordingly I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Allowances (11 Nov 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: 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: Value for Money Reviews (11 Nov 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: The Value For Money (VFM) Review identified fundamental issues that need to be addressed in the way in which HSE-funded disability services are managed and operated, and lays the groundwork for the introduction of a significant restructuring of the Disability Services Programme. VFM efficiency targets of €5 million were identified this year in the National Service Plan. In order to...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: NAMA Property Sales (6 Nov 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank Senator Higgins for raising this matter and while these issues can be extraordinarily technical, that is no excuse for shying away from further scrutiny of them. NAMA's policy is that the sale of all loans and properties by debtors and receivers should be openly marketed to ensure the best price available in the market is achieved in all instances. NAMA enjoys a strong reputation in...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: NAMA Property Sales (6 Nov 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: It is very difficult for me to comment on that case. Clearly the man in question has a grievance and I will ensure the Department of Finance hears of it. On the other hand, we do not know that everyone else involved in the sales process for those three properties was treated in the same way. That is the difficulty. We must assume they were all treated in the same way. On the first issue...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: NAMA Property Sales (6 Nov 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: Once it does become clear that such is the case, note should be taken of it. I will convey Senator Higgins' concerns to the Department and to the Minister himself.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: National Children's Hospital Location (6 Nov 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: That is not what we are saying. We are saying that if we were to try to proceed with the planning application for the maternity hospital at the same time as the children's hospital, we would delay the children's hospital. From my knowledge of planning, what is important is that all future developments on that site will be notified to An Bord Pleanála in order that it can take into...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Hospital Appointments Administration (6 Nov 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: On behalf of the Minister for Health, I thank Senator Burke for raising this important issue and for the opportunity to update the House on the issue of hospital referrals and catchment areas. It is important to note that there is no statutory basis for hospitals imposing catchment areas. However, they have been part of custom and practice within the health service in general for many...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Hospital Appointments Administration (6 Nov 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: I will ensure Senator Burke's remarks are passed on to the Minister for Health and we can speak at a later stage about the need to ensure the posts that are vacant are filled. I have to say that it is not just in this area there is a difficulty in recruitment. Senators Crown and Burke have a particular interest in this. We have a serious issue with both replacing and retaining medical...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: National Children's Hospital Location (6 Nov 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: As Senator Eamonn Coghlan has probably gathered, I am taking this matter on behalf of the Minister for Health, Deputy Varadkar. I am responsible for many things but, fortunately, acute hospitals is not one of them. I thank the Senator for raising this important issue in which we all have an interest. As decided by the Government in November 2012, the new children's hospital will be...