Written answers

Wednesday, 1 July 2015

Department of Health

National Drugs Strategy Implementation

Photo of Billy KelleherBilly Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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178. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the issue of the diversion of methadone provided under the methadone maintenance programme to the illicit drugs trade; if his Department has tracked or analysed the extent of the problem; if he will provide an estimate of the cost foregone to the Exchequer as a result of this diversion; the measures his Department has implemented to tackle this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26485/15]

Photo of Billy KelleherBilly Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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190. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed breakdown, in tabular form, of the amounts spent on the methadone maintenance programme, including medicine costs, general practitioner fees, pharmacy fees and the costs of any other ancillary and-or related services for each of the years from 2009 to 2014; the estimated spend for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26473/15]

Photo of Billy KelleherBilly Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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191. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners suitably qualified and currently engaged by the Health Service Executive to administer the methadone maintenance programme; if he will provide a breakdown of the location and number of each such general practitioner by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26474/15]

Photo of Billy KelleherBilly Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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194. To ask the Minister for Health if specific details or data are kept and-or reviewed on the number of heroin addicts who enter, leave and subsequently rejoin the methadone maintenance programme; if not, the reason; if any analysis has been undertaken of the reason patients drop out of the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26477/15]

Photo of Aodhán Ó RíordáinAodhán Ó Ríordáin (Dublin North Central, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 178, 190, 191 and 194 together.

As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

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