Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent)
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905. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of general practitioners with access to their online on-individualized prescribing report; the number of GPs who have accessed this resource in the last available monthly period; if he will outline what his Department's definition is of an active user of this resource and the number of GPs who fall into this category; the total cost of GP medicine prescribing to the health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27288/13]

Alex White (Dublin South, Labour)
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The HSE is responsible for the administration of the primary care schemes, therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent)
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906. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the number of general practitioners who had a benzodiazepine prescribing regime which was greater than that of the standardised national profile as developed by PCRS as indicated in its report to GPs in January 2012; the corresponding figures for the second snapshot of benzodiazepine claims circulated to GPs in 2012 and to date in 2013; when the subsequent snapshots were generated and circulated; the total saving to date as a result of this snapshot prescribing comparison; the specific steps which have been taken to deal with persistent outliers, the numbers involved, and the total cost of benzodiazepine prescribing in such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27289/13]

Alex White (Dublin South, Labour)
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The Health Service Executive is responsible for the administration of the GMS scheme and the cost of benzodiazepine prescribing within that scheme. The HSE has therefore been asked to examine this matter and I will revert to the Deputy as soon as possible with this information.