Results 15,761-15,780 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall
- Written Answers — Health Service Executive: Health Service Executive (26 Jun 2012)
Róisín Shortall: I understand that a letter from the HSE issued to the Deputy by e-mail on 23rd May and has recently been re-sent.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (26 Jun 2012)
Róisín Shortall: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy as a matter of urgency.
- Patient Redress Scheme (26 Jun 2012)
Róisín Shortall: I thank Deputy Nash for raising this issue. I recognise that he feels strongly about it and has raised it in the House on a number of occasions previously. I am responding on behalf of the Minister for Health. The programme for Government commits to finding a mechanism to compensate those women who were excluded on age grounds alone from the Lourdes hospital redress scheme. I am conscious...
- Patient Redress Scheme (26 Jun 2012)
Róisín Shortall: I assure Deputy Nash that I am conscious of the sensitivities involved and the serious distress that has been caused to these women. There is no question of the issue disappearing. Departmental officials are currently holding discussions with the Attorney General and I reiterate the Minister's commitment to addressing the issue as soon as possible.
- Dental Services (26 Jun 2012)
Róisín Shortall: I thank Deputy Kitt for raising the issue, which he has been concerned about for some time. I am pleased to address dental services for homeless people in Galway. The dental treatment services scheme, DTSS, provides access to dental treatment for adult medical card holders. The service is provided by dentists contracted by the HSE. The DTSS budget for 2012 is â¬63 million. A free oral...
- Dental Services (26 Jun 2012)
Róisín Shortall: I appreciate the concern of Deputy Kitt in this regard. I assure him that I will give this issue further attention in the coming months. It is a welcome development that additional dentists will be trained specifically to cater for vulnerable groups, including homeless people. The additional person in the HSE west will be a positive development. I hope I can come back to the Deputy later...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (21 Jun 2012)
Róisín Shortall: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy as a matter of urgency.
- Written Answers — Dental Services: Dental Services (21 Jun 2012)
Róisín Shortall: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Expert Body on Fluoridation: Expert Body on Fluoridation (21 Jun 2012)
Róisín Shortall: The Irish Expert Body on Fluorides and Health and its sub-committees have broad representation from areas such as dentistry, biochemistry, environmental health and public health medicine. The expert body's reports, position statements and minutes of its meetings are published on its website to ensure transparency. In evaluating ongoing research on all aspects of fluoridation, the expert...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (21 Jun 2012)
Róisín Shortall: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Dental Services: Dental Services (20 Jun 2012)
Róisín Shortall: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Drugs Payment Scheme: Drugs Payment Scheme (20 Jun 2012)
Róisín Shortall: The company that manufactures the drug Nalcrom has discontinued the product in Ireland and it is no longer authorised for marketing in Ireland. In view of this the product is no longer available for reimbursement under the GMS and community drugs schemes. In order for a medicinal product to be added to the List of Reimbursable Items maintained by the HSE for reimbursement under the GMS and...
- Written Answers — Dental Services: Dental Services (20 Jun 2012)
Róisín Shortall: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (20 Jun 2012)
Róisín Shortall: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (20 Jun 2012)
Róisín Shortall: Pradaxa is available under the GMS Scheme, the Drug Payment Scheme and other community drugs schemes for the prevention of blood clots in adult patients who have undergone elective hip replacement surgery or elective knee replacement surgery. The HSE is assessing the availability of resources to provide for the long term treatment with Pradaxa for the prevention of stroke in patients with...
- Written Answers — General Practitioner Services: General Practitioner Services (20 Jun 2012)
Róisín Shortall: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy as a matter of urgency.
- Written Answers — Orthodontic Services: Orthodontic Services (20 Jun 2012)
Róisín Shortall: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Hospital Facilities (20 Jun 2012)
Róisín Shortall: I welcome the opportunity to respond to the Deputy on an issue with which I am very familiar. The Health Service Executive established the Ballymun primary health care facility at the civic offices in April 2006. It is fine facility offering a wide range of services including an X-ray suite. The latter was fully commissioned in 2008 but, as I understand it, it was not possible to staff it...
- Hospital Facilities (20 Jun 2012)
Róisín Shortall: It is a shame that the necessary resources for staffing were not provided when the facility was established in 2006. It is yet another example of poor planning within the health service, where capital and revenue are often not co-ordinated. It is important to point out that there is changed thinking in regard to diagnostics. There are concerns, for example, about having an X-ray machine in...
- Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (19 Jun 2012)
Róisín Shortall: Section 11 of the General Medical Services (GMS) 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 kind which general...