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Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Fluoridation (17 Oct 2012)

Alex White: The Irish Expert Body on Fluorides and Health, which was established in 2004, monitors new and emerging issues on fluoride and its effects on health and related matters. The Expert Body is satisfied, having studied current peer reviewed scientific evidence worldwide, that water fluoridation causes no ill effects to the health of adults or children. The publication to which the Deputy refers...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Issues (17 Oct 2012)

Alex White: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Publication (17 Oct 2012)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 288, 292 and 293 together. In line with the National Drugs Strategy, the Government is committed to continuing support for initiatives to tackle the drug problem, including programmes to help young parents overcome addiction. Coolmine Therapeutic Community (CTC) receives funding from my Department and the HSE to provide a range of services, including a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (17 Oct 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: General Practitioner Services (16 Oct 2012)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 579, 641, 642, 648 and 702 together. The Programme for Government commits to reforming the current public health system by introducing Universal Health Insurance with equal access to care for all. As part of this, the Government is committed to introducing, on a phased basis, GP care without fees within its first term of office. Primary legislation is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (16 Oct 2012)

Alex White: Legislation to allow the Minister for Health to make regulations to extend access to General Practitioner (GP) services without fees to persons with prescribed illnesses is currently being drafted by the Attorney General's office and will be published shortly. Implementation dates and application details will be announced in due course. The Department and the HSE is currently examining...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (16 Oct 2012)

Alex White: The Working Group to Develop an Overdose Prevention Strategy presented its draft report to the HSE earlier this year. I understand that this report is being considered by the HSE and that a financial impact assessment of the implications of some of the recommendations is being carried out. It is anticipated that the draft report, with the views of the HSE in relation to the recommendations...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Applications (16 Oct 2012)

Alex White: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child Care Services (16 Oct 2012)

Alex White: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (16 Oct 2012)

Alex White: Section 11 of the General Medical services (GMS) General Practitioner (GP) Capitation Contract, which was introduced in 1989, provides that the medical practitioner shall provide for eligible persons, on behalf of the Health service Executive, all proper and necessary treatment of a kind usually undertaken by a general practitioner and not requiring special skill or experience of a degree or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (16 Oct 2012)

Alex White: Neither the Department nor I have held discussions with the HSE on waiting times for orthodontic treatment at Navan Hospital. 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 Applications (16 Oct 2012)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 654 and 655 together. The information requested is currently being collated by the HSE and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (16 Oct 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: Health Services Provision (16 Oct 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 (16 Oct 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 Drugs (16 Oct 2012)

Alex White: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Supply (16 Oct 2012)

Alex White: On 15th October, 2012, the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly, announced that intensive negotiations with the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association (IPHA) had reached a successful conclusion with a major new deal on the cost of drugs in the State. This deal has a value in excess of €400 million over the next three years and will mean, amongst other things, greater access...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (16 Oct 2012)

Alex White: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (11 Oct 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 Drugs (11 Oct 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, including glucosamine. ...