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Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The HSE has statutory responsibility for decisions on pricing and reimbursement of medicinal products under the community drug schemes in accordance with the provisions of the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to you. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: 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: Patient Data (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service issue this question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply. If you have not received a reply within 15 working days, please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service issue this question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply. If you have not received a reply within 15 working days, please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service issue this question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply. If you have not received a reply within 15 working days, please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service issue this question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply. If you have not received a reply within 15 working days, please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive (HSE) for direct reply to the Deputy. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days, he can contact my Private Office and they will follow the matter up with the HSE.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: 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 (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: Under paragraph 11 of the General Medical Services (GMS) contract, a general practitioner (GP) is expected to provide his/her patients who hold a medical card or GP visit card with all proper and necessary treatment of a kind generally undertaken by a GP and not requiring special skill or experience of a degree or kind which GPs cannot reasonably be expected to possess. Under paragraph 27...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Expenditure (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The number of patients on the orthodontic treatment waiting list in the Midlands area at the end of Q2 of 2015 was 1,879. Under EU Directive 201/24/EU, now commonly referred to as the Cross Border Directive (CBH), it is open to persons entitled to public patient health care in Ireland to choose to avail of that health care in another EU or EEA country or Switzerland. Assistance is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: As the particular issue raised by the Deputy relates to an individual case, this is a service matter for the Health Service Executive. Accordingly, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: 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: Home Help Service Provision (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I note that the Health Service Executive (HSE) replied to the Deputy's previous question on 13 November. As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have again arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive (HSE) for direct reply to the Deputy. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days, he can contact my Private Office...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The Government is committed to the provision and development of services for children with special needs, including early intervention services, and to improving access by these children to therapy services insofar as possible within available resources. Health related therapy supports and interventions for children, such as speech and language therapy, can be accessed through both the HSE's...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The Government is committed to protecting front-line health and personal social services needs for people with disabilities. The Government currently provides funding of approximately €1.5 billion to the Disability Services Programme through the Health Service Executive's National Service Plan for 2015. In 2015, the HSE is seeking to maximise the provision of services within available...

Seanad: Services for People with Asthma: Motion (18 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank Senators Mary Ann O'Brien and Power and the Asthma Society of Ireland for their engagement over a long period in terms of the most Government appropriate response to asthma. I thank the Members who contributed to the debate. I say on most if not all occasions I stand up in the House that the Seanad gives people an opportunity to discuss issues that do not get the type of air time...

Seanad: Services for People with Asthma: Motion (18 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I did not say "only"; I took that out of my speech. It is in the Senator's copy but I did not say the word.