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

Alex White: The HSE provides orthodontic treatment to patients based on their level of clinical need. An individual's access to orthodontic treatment is determined against a set of clinical guidelines and priority is given to patients with greatest needs. The HSE has been asked to examine the specific query raised by the Deputy and to reply to her as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Numbers (16 Apr 2013)

Alex White: The HSE has responsibility for the provision and staffing of Health Centres, therefore, this matter has been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.

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

Alex White: The HSE has commissioned an independent review of orthodontic services. The outcome of this review will give guidance as to what changes will be desirable to provide the best possible model of care delivery, given the current resources available and future demand for services. Final actions of the review of orthodontic services are currently being completed. It is anticipated that a report...

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

Alex White: Approval of infrastructure projects is done in the context of the overall approval of the HSE multi-annual Capital Plan. The HSE has submitted its draft multi-annual Capital Plan 2013-2017 to the Department of Health. The Plan is being considered and will be submitted shortly to the Minister for Health for his approval. The consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform is then...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (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: 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: Medicinal Products Supply (16 Apr 2013)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1316 and 1317 together. Following a pharmacoeconomic evaluation of pirfenidone (Esbriet), the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics concluded that, at the submitted price, pirfenidone is not cost-effective for the treatment of patients with mild to moderate idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. The HSE is currently in negotiations with the manufacturers of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (16 Apr 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: Pharmacy Inspections (16 Apr 2013)

Alex White: The Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI) is an independent statutory body, established by the Pharmacy Act 2007. It is charged with, and is accountable for, the effective regulation of pharmacists and pharmacies in Ireland, including responsibility for supervising compliance with the Act. Under section 19 of the Act, inspections by authorised officers of the PSI may be undertaken in...

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: 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: 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. 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 (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: 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: 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: General Medical Services Scheme Administration (16 Apr 2013)

Alex White: The General Medical Services (GMS) Scheme and the Drug Payment Scheme (DPS) are separate schemes with separate qualifying criteria. Under the GMS Scheme, medical card holders are required to pay a €1.50 charge per item for medicines and other prescription items supplied to them by community pharmacists, subject to a cap of €19.50 per month for each person or family....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (16 Apr 2013)

Alex White: The current income limits applicable to medical card applicants aged under 70 years came into effect from 1st January 2009.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Regulation of Health and Social Care Professions (28 Mar 2013)

Alex White: I thank the Senator for raising this issue and giving me the opportunity to update the House on the ongoing regulatory programme being undertaken by the Department of Health, including the regulation of health and social care professions. The Health and Social Care Professionals Act was passed by the Oireachtas in 2005; it was amended last year. The Act provides for the establishment of a...

Seanad: Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Mar 2013)

Alex White: I certainly will take on board much of what has been said, both by Senator Barrett and his colleagues. For reasons I will indicate in a moment, I am not in a position to accept the amendment proposed but I very much acknowledge the context and argument proposed by him and supported by his colleagues. The amendment is in the general spirit of section 8, which refers to data exchange. These...

Seanad: Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Mar 2013)

Alex White: I understand the Senator's concerns but I respectfully suggest that they were addressed in the 2012 Act. The operation of that Act is beginning to bear fruit. Everything is related but the right of access into the system of newly trained GPs was addressed in the 2012 Act and this section is perhaps not the vehicle to address that issue. If the Senator was concerned the 2012 Act had not...