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Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services (7 Mar 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 patient (details supplied) had an assessment by the Consultant Orthodontist in the HSE Orthodontic Unit in St. James's Hospital on 23 March 2011....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (7 Mar 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 Card Applications (7 Mar 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: Medicinal Products (7 Mar 2013)

Alex White: 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. These have resulted in reductions in the prices of...

Health Insurance: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Mar 2013)

Alex White: What does Deputy Kelleher think?

Health Insurance: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Mar 2013)

Alex White: They were published.

Health Insurance: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Mar 2013)

Alex White: They were published several weeks ago.

Health Insurance: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Mar 2013)

Alex White: Did Deputy Kelleher even know that?

Health Insurance: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Mar 2013)

Alex White: Did the Deputy know about this being published?

Health Insurance: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Mar 2013)

Alex White: Did the Deputy read it?

Health Insurance: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Mar 2013)

Alex White: I do not propose to continue the battles of the past in the House tonight. I am not interested in doing so. While many Members say in their contributions that they want only to speak about the future and that Members on the opposite side want only to speak about the past, one finds that five minutes into their speeches they are speaking about the past, which is ludicrous. We cannot make...

Health Insurance: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Mar 2013)

Alex White: Fianna Fáil supported that legislation.

Health Insurance: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Mar 2013)

Alex White: The Deputy might occasionally acknowledge that.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Water Fluoridation (6 Mar 2013)

Alex White: The hydrofluorosilicic acid supplied and delivered by the current supplier, Chemifloc, is sourced from Derivados del Fluor (DDF) in Spain.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Medical Card Eligibility (6 Mar 2013)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 226 and 227 together. I have asked the Health Service Executive for a report on the issues raised by the Deputy. I will revert to the Deputy on the matter as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Medicinal Products (6 Mar 2013)

Alex White: The HSE has circulated a detailed protocol to hospitals in relation to the administration of the medication mentioned by the Deputy. The case of the particular patient has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Drugs Task Forces (6 Mar 2013)

Alex White: Following a comprehensive consultation process, I announced details of a series of measures arising from a review of Drugs Task Forces last December. The reforms, which are intended to better equip the Task Forces to respond to the current pattern of substance misuse, also provide for the extension of their remit to include alcohol addiction. A final version of the report is being prepared...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Medicinal Products (6 Mar 2013)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 235 to 241, inclusive, 244 and 245 together. All pharmacies that dispense High Tech medicines must complete an annual stock take of these medicines at the end of each year. In addition, they are requested to provide details of all ‘out of date’ stock and any stock that has been spoiled during the year (e.g. due to fridge malfunction). The HSE's...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Health Service Executive Complaints Procedures (6 Mar 2013)

Alex White: I understand from the HSE that a number of complaints were received from patients in relation to addiction services over the past year. The complaints were followed up in each case on an individual basis. Waiting lists were among the areas of complaint and considerable progress has been made in this regard. Also, the HSE envisages that the forthcoming Clinical Guidelines for Opioid...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Dental Services (6 Mar 2013)

Alex White: The Dental Treatment Service Scheme (DTSS) provides access to dental treatment for adult medical card holders. The HSE prioritises for treatment patients with special needs, high risk patients and those who have greater clinical needs including patients with type 1 diabetes.