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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Drugs (9 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: Primary Care Services (9 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: Primary Care Services (9 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 Delays (9 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 Delays (9 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 Medical Services Scheme Administration (9 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: Prescription Statistics (9 Oct 2012)

Alex White: Data on the frequency of prescribing of Ritalin and Prozac are not recorded by the Department or by the Health Service Executive (HSE). The HSE's Primary Care Reimbursement Service (PCRS) maintains a record of prescriptions dispensed under the Community Drugs Schemes. This data does not record the age of the person for whom the prescription was reimbursed nor the condition for which the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Applications (9 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: Medical Card Delays (9 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 (9 Oct 2012)

Alex White: 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. This includes gluten-free...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Respite Care Services (4 Oct 2012)

Alex White: I will certainly communicate the Senator's concerns on this matter to the Minister. I cannot say anything further about the specific issue to which he refers but I fully appreciate the importance of the point he has made. It is fair to state - the Senator has acknowledged this - that the entire health service is struggling. In the 48 hours that I have been in my new position, it has become...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Respite Care Services (4 Oct 2012)

Alex White: I thank the Chairman and the Senator for their kind words of welcome. It is a pleasure to be back in this Chamber, albeit in a different capacity. I look forward to a fruitful relationship with colleagues here in the months and years ahead. I thank the Senator for raising the matter, which I am addressing on behalf of my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, who, as the...

Addiction Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (3 Oct 2012)

Alex White: I thank the Deputy.

Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2012: Referral to Select Committee (3 Oct 2012)

Alex White: I move: That the Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2012 be referred to the Select Sub-Committee on Health pursuant to Standing Orders 82A(3)(a) and (6)(a) and 126(1) of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business.

Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2012)

Alex White: I thank the Deputies for their contributions to this Second Stage debate and note from what I have heard, and I have heard a great deal, that there is broad support for the Bill before the House. The main purpose of this relatively short Bill is to amend the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 to provide for the enhanced and effective functioning of the Health and Social Care...

Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2012)

Alex White: I thank the Deputy.

Addiction Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Oct 2012)

Alex White: Let us take a moment to consider the facts. Alcohol misuse was responsible for at least 88 deaths every month in 2008. It is a contributory factor in half of all suicides and in deliberate self-harm. It is associated with the occupation every night of 2,000 beds in Irish acute hospitals and one quarter of injuries presenting to emergency departments. Alcohol abuse is estimated to be...

Addiction Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Oct 2012)

Alex White: I move amendment No. 1:To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann” and substitute the following: “recognises:— the scale of the problem of addiction throughout Ireland and the increasing demands on services; — that poly-drug use has increased significantly due to the increase in the accessibility and range of dangerous substances, both illegal and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report September 2012: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (27 Sep 2012)

Alex White: I now call Deputy Pearse Doherty.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Bodies (26 Sep 2012)

Alex White: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the proposal to merge the Forensic State Laboratory with the State Laboratory as outlined in the Public Service Reform Plan; if there is a timeline for such a merger; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40920/12]