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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Withdrawals (24 Apr 2013)

Alex White: I have asked the Health Service Executive for a report on the issue raised by the Deputy. I will revert to the Deputy on the matter as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Appeals (24 Apr 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 Numbers (24 Apr 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 Numbers (24 Apr 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: Drug Treatment Programmes Funding (23 Apr 2013)

Alex White: I certainly would be amenable to meeting the people involved and seeing the project. I want the Senator to be clear that there is no file or proposal on my desk that I have not read, in case the House might have that impression. We have not advised the local drugs task force not to recommend new projects. However, as the Senator has picked up correctly, we have said that the funding the...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Property Taxation Exemptions (23 Apr 2013)

Alex White: I thank the Senator for raising the issue. Section 10(2) of the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012, as amended, provides that a residential property shall be exempt from the local property tax, LPT, where it is situated in an unfinished housing estate. Section 10(1) of the Act defines an unfinished housing estate as a development of two or more buildings that is specified in a list...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Drug Treatment Programmes Funding (23 Apr 2013)

Alex White: On 7 January last, my Department received a proposal from the Howth Sutton Community Council for funding to establish a drugs and alcohol prevention project in south-east Fingal, which would serve communities in Baldoyle, Bayside, Sutton and Howth. The council wishes to set up a project to address a gap in service provision, as outlined by the Senator, that has arisen as a result of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Availability (23 Apr 2013)

Alex White: On 7 January last, my Department received a proposal from the Howth Sutton Community Council for funding to establish a drugs and alcohol prevention project in South East Fingal, which would serve communities in Baldoyle, Bayside, Sutton and Howth. The Deputy will be aware that Local and Regional Drugs Task Forces play a key role in assessing the nature of the drug problem in their areas and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (23 Apr 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 (23 Apr 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 (23 Apr 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 (23 Apr 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 (23 Apr 2013)

Alex White: As part of Budget 2013, it was announced that there would be a tightening of rules for eligibility. Consequently, the HSE is taking a number of measures to reduce the cost of the General Medical Service (GMS) Scheme. In addition to the reduction in the income limits for over-70s Medical Cards, the assessment criteria for the standard medical card is being changed. Home Improvement Loan...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (23 Apr 2013)

Alex White: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (23 Apr 2013)

Alex White: On 27th March last, I conveyed approval to the HSE to recruit the following posts for Primary Care Teams: 70 Public Health Nurses; 37 Registered General Nurses; 51 Occupational Therapists; 46 Physiotherapists; and 47 Speech & Language Therapists. It is my firm intention to have these posts filled as soon as possible. Arrangements are now being made within the HSE to coordinate the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Payments (23 Apr 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: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (23 Apr 2013)

Alex White: The HSE is responsible for the administration of the schemes in question, therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Availability (23 Apr 2013)

Alex White: On 7 January last, my Department received a proposal from the Howth Sutton Community Council for funding to establish a drugs and alcohol prevention project in South East Fingal, which would serve communities in Baldoyle, Bayside, Sutton and Howth. The Deputy will be aware that Local and Regional Drugs Task Forces play a key role in assessing the nature of the drug problem in their areas and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (23 Apr 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 (23 Apr 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...