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Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (11 Jan 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 — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (11 Jan 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 Treatment Services Scheme: Dental Treatment Services Scheme (11 Jan 2012)

Róisín Shortall: The outstanding information sought by the Deputy in Parliamentary Question No. 566 of 15 November 2011 in relation to expenditure on the Dental Treatment Services Scheme which was introduced in November 1994 is as follows: Year Expenditure (millions) 1994 €0.036 1995 €8.1 1996 €10.9 1997 € 14.9 1998 € 18.0 1999 € 20.8 2000 € 38.0 2001 € 41.6 2002 € 45.7 2003 € 49.8

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (15 Dec 2011)

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 — Health Services: Health Services (15 Dec 2011)

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

Written Answers — Long-Term Illness Scheme: Long-Term Illness Scheme (15 Dec 2011)

Róisín Shortall: There are approximately 35,500 persons with diabetes that receive medicines under the Long Term Illness Scheme.

Written Answers — Prescription Charges: Prescription Charges (15 Dec 2011)

Róisín Shortall: Medical card holders are required to pay a 50c charge for medicines and other prescription items supplied to them by community pharmacists, subject to a cap of €10 per month for each person or family. Charges are not payable in respect of items supplied under the Long Term Illness Scheme. Prescription charges do not apply to children in the care of the HSE or to methadone supplied to...

Written Answers — Drugs Task Forces: Drugs Task Forces (15 Dec 2011)

Róisín Shortall: I propose to take Questions Nos. 319 to 342, inclusive, together. More than €30 million has been made available to Local and Regional Drugs Task Forces this year for community-based drugs initiatives and the allocation to each Drugs Task Force is set out in the table below. The allocation in respect of Ballyfermot Local Drugs Task Force includes an additional €116,000 in respect of a...

Written Answers — Drugs Task Forces: Drugs Task Forces (15 Dec 2011)

Róisín Shortall: The 2011 funding allocation to the Drugs Task Force referred to by the Deputy is €1,600,987. This allocation supports 32 community based drugs initiatives. A comprehensive breakdown of the funding by salary, administration and programme costs is not readily available. I will arrange to have this information forwarded to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Drugs Task Forces: Drugs Task Forces (15 Dec 2011)

Róisín Shortall: The role of Local and Regional Drugs Task Forces is to assess the extent and nature of the drug problem in their areas and co-ordinate action at local level in order to ensure a targeted response to the drug problem in local communities. With a view to strengthening their effectiveness, I have initiated a review of Drugs Task Forces and the National Drugs Strategy structures under which they...

Written Answers — Drugs Task Forces: Drugs Task Forces (15 Dec 2011)

Róisín Shortall: The allocations to the Drugs Task Forces for 2012 are still under consideration and will be notified as soon as possible.

Written Answers — General Practitioner Services: General Practitioner Services (15 Dec 2011)

Róisín Shortall: The HSE's Primary Care Reimbursement Services (PCRS) is responsible for the payment of fees and allowances to GPs who are contracted by the HSE to provide services under the General Medical Services (GMS) Scheme. Details of the total amount of fees and allowances paid to GPs under the GMS Scheme in 2011 will not be available to my Department until 2012. In 2010, GPs were paid approximately...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (15 Dec 2011)

Róisín Shortall: Products were removed from the list of reimbursable items over the past year for the following reasons: product discontinuations by suppliers products for which marketing authorisations are no longer in place products which are supplied through hospitals and not supplied in the community Over the past year 251 drug items were removed from the list and 521 drug items were added to the...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (15 Dec 2011)

Róisín Shortall: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: From the Seanad (15 Dec 2011)

Róisín Shortall: These are technical amendments to replace Minister for Finance with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform as these functions have been transferred from the Minister for Finance to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform under the recent Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 and the Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 - SI...

Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: From the Seanad (15 Dec 2011)

Róisín Shortall: After the Bill had progressed through the Dáil and prior to its passage through the Seanad, legal advice was received on the need to include more detail on what the board may include on criteria in rules. These amendments are for clarification on this matter. Amendment No. 3 clarifies what criteria can be used for assessing applications for registration. It provides that criteria can...

Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: From the Seanad (15 Dec 2011)

Róisín Shortall: The issue Deputy Ó Caoláin raised was very well ventilated during the passage of the Bill through both Houses. It does not fall within the scope of any of the amendments today and, therefore, I understand it is not in order to have a discussion thereon. The HSE and the Department will continue to engage with midwives. They are part of the new set-up. This is ground-breaking legislation...

Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: From the Seanad (15 Dec 2011)

Róisín Shortall: Seanad amendments Nos. 7 and 8 are technical amendments. The term "or permitted", which is being deleted in subsection (1), was included in the Bill as published to ensure information could be disclosed in regard to the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995. After the Bill had been passed by the Dáil, but prior to its consideration in the Seanad, the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel advised...

Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: From the Seanad (15 Dec 2011)

Róisín Shortall: This amendment removes a provision that prohibited members of the board or committee members from being members of a local authority. This issue was raised in the Seanad and the amendment was accepted in that House. It reflects amendments agreed earlier in the passage of the Bill through the Houses which removed the provision prohibiting board employees from being members of local...

Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: From the Seanad (15 Dec 2011)

Róisín Shortall: There would be much potential for conflicts of interest if the people making the legislation also served on some of the public bodies established under the legislation and which were governed by it. This issue relates to a prohibition that existed in regard to the involvement of members of local authorities. There is no reason whatsoever they should not be involved with bodies such as those...