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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Appeals (17 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: General Medical Services Scheme Review (17 Apr 2013)

Alex White: As part of Budget 2013, a number of measures are being taken to reduce the cost of the General Medical Service (GMS) Scheme. Among these is a reduction in the income limits for over-70s Medical Cards. The Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act 2013 was enacted on 28 March 2013 to give effect to the revised eligibility arrangements. In addition, the assessment criteria for the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Sales Legislation (16 Apr 2013)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1114 and 1197 together. I am pleased to inform the Deputy that real and tangible proposals are currently being finalised on foot of the recommendations in the National Substance Misuse Strategy report. These proposals cover all of the areas mentioned in the report, including legislation on minimum unit pricing which is about setting a statutory floor price...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (16 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: Health Services Provision (16 Apr 2013)

Alex White: There are a total of 67 methadone dispensing Level 2 General Practitioners operating across the country. The breakdown by HSE region is as follows: HSE Dublin Mid Leinster - 41 HSE Dublin North East - 24 HSE West - 1 HSE South -1 A total of 9,455 people were recorded as being in receipt of methadone maintenance on the Central Treatment List at the end of February 2013. Of these...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (16 Apr 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 it is available.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Advertising (16 Apr 2013)

Alex White: Engagement of the nature asked by the Deputy has largely been in the context of the National Substance Misuse Strategy given its recommendations on sponsorship and advertising of alcohol. These communications have been both oral and written. In addition , an official from my Department is a member of the Alcohol Marketing Communications Monitoring Body (AMCMB). This body monitors adherence...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (16 Apr 2013)

Alex White: Regulations were made in 1971, 1973 and 1975 specifying the conditions covered by the Long Term Illness Scheme. The Health Services (Amendment) Regulations, 1971 (S.I. No. 277/1971) specified that Mental Illness in a person under 16 should be covered under the scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Delays (16 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: Water Fluoridation (16 Apr 2013)

Alex White: 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 public health measure. The effects of fluoridation on health and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Administration (16 Apr 2013)

Alex White: The HSE is responsible for the administration of the General Medical Services (GMS) Scheme, therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Appeals (16 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: Medical Goods Regulation (16 Apr 2013)

Alex White: As the Deputy will be aware, the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill, passed Committee Stage on the 19th of March. Under the Bill, the Irish Medicines Board has statutory responsibility for establishing and publishing a List of Interchangeable Medicinal Products. In deciding whether to add a group of medicinal products to the List of Interchangeable Medicinal Products, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Clinical Drug Trials (16 Apr 2013)

Alex White: The Irish Medicines Board (IMB) is the competent authority for the authorisation of clinical trials with medicines in Ireland. However, the IMB does not carry out trials and neither does the Department of Health. Clinical trials are conducted by sponsors from industry or academia and carried out by healthcare professionals according to protocols authorised by the IMB and approved by an ethics...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (16 Apr 2013)

Alex White: Low dose Naltrexone is an Exempt Medicinal Product. Such products (formerly known as Unauthorised Medicinal Products) that comply with the Protocol for the Supply of Unauthorised Medical Products are reimbursed on the General Medical Services (GMS) scheme and the other Community Drug Schemes on an individual patient basis.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (16 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: Health Services Issues (16 Apr 2013)

Alex White: I have had further enquiries made of the HSE regarding this matter. The HSE has advised that its Local Health Manager in Cavan/Monaghan commissioned a review into the case. The review is at an advanced stage but certain issues of consent are still to be addressed. In the circumstances, the HSE has been asked to respond further to the Deputy in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (16 Apr 2013)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1188 and 1189 together. A sponsorship programme for training orthodontists is not currently being considered. Guidance as to what changes will be desirable to provide the best possible model of orthodontic care delivery will be provided by the independent review of orthodontic services which has been commissioned by the HSE. It is anticipated that a report...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (16 Apr 2013)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (16 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...