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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (13 Nov 2012)
Alex White: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (13 Nov 2012)
Alex White: There are no plans to extend the list of conditions covered by the Long Term Illness Scheme. Under the Drug Payment Scheme, no individual or family pays more than €132 per calendar month towards the cost of approved prescribed medicines. The scheme significantly reduces the cost burden for families and individuals incurring ongoing expenditure on medicines. In addition, people who...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (13 Nov 2012)
Alex White: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (13 Nov 2012)
Alex White: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (13 Nov 2012)
Alex White: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy (13 Nov 2012)
Alex White: In line with the Programme for Government and Action 34 of the National Drugs Strategy 2009-16, it is Government policy to expand the availability of needle exchange services. These services provide sterilised needles, syringes and associated injecting paraphernalia. They also reduce the dangers posed by discarded needles through the strong emphasis on the exchange of used supplies for new....
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (13 Nov 2012)
Alex White: The Public Dental Service of the HSE provides services to schoolchildren aged up to 16 years and special care dentistry. In order to ensure greater benefits to the community it may be necessary to consolidate dental services into clinics where the highest standards can be achieved and where manpower resources can be maximised. Dental services for medical card holders are provided through the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (13 Nov 2012)
Alex White: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (13 Nov 2012)
Alex White: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (13 Nov 2012)
Alex White: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (13 Nov 2012)
Alex White: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (13 Nov 2012)
Alex White: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services (13 Nov 2012)
Alex White: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (13 Nov 2012)
Alex White: This organisation is not funded through the Drugs Initiative of my Department. The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Drug Reimbursement Schemes (8 Nov 2012)
Alex White: I thank Deputy Kelleher for having raised this question. In the current financial environment the Health Service Executive is facing a 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, it has become necessary for the HSE to suspend certain products from its list...
- National Children's Hospital: Motion (8 Nov 2012)
Alex White: I, too, welcome warmly the decision of the Government on the location of a new national children's hospital. Notwithstanding our critical economic and financial circumstances, the challenges associated with which we are still addressing, the Government has remained faithful to a commitment in the programme for Government to construct a new national children's hospital. This is an important...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services (8 Nov 2012)
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. Waiting times for orthodontic assessment and treatment vary across the country and within the HSE regions and priority is given to patients with greatest needs. The HSE has commissioned an independent...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Sales (8 Nov 2012)
Alex White: The report of the National Substance Misuse Strategy Steering Group is a roadmap for the future direction of policy to deal with the use and misuse of alcohol. The report made a range of recommendations on the supply, availability and marketing of alcohol; it also recommended measures on minimum unit pricing to target at risk drinkers and includes measures on prevention strategies, treatment...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Nov 2012)
Alex White: I have asked the Health Service Executive to investigate this matter and I will respond to the Deputy as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (8 Nov 2012)
Alex White: In the current financial environment the Health Service Executive (HSE) is facing a 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, it has become necessary for the HSE to suspend certain products from its list of reimbursable items. These include glucosamine,...