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Written Answers — Department of Defence: National Security (16 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...is to provide a fishery protection service in accordance with our obligations as a member of the EU, it also carries out a number of other non-fishery related tasks including maritime surveillance, drug interdiction, search and rescue, and maritime defence and security operations (MDSO). As such any Naval Service patrol should be viewed as a multi-faceted activity. The Naval...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (16 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...holders) and limited eligibility (all others). People with full eligibility (medical card holders) can currently access a range of services including General Practitioner services, prescribed drugs and medicines, public in-patient hospital services, public out-patient hospital services, dental, ophthalmic and aural services. The issue of granting medical or GP visit cards based on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (16 May 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 273. To ask the Minister for Health whether it is intended to approve a drug (details supplied) for reimbursement by the HSE, given the value of this drug in treating a rare disease is recognised; the stage in the process the consideration of this drug is at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22277/24]

Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024) See 8 other results from this debate

Colm Burke: ...with more than half of our population now entitled to a GP visit card, as well as reduced costs for patients through the abolition of inpatient hospital charges and through successive reductions in the drugs payment scheme threshold. We have seen significant investment in women’s health through the introduction of free contraception, free IVF testing and free STI testing. The...

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 May 2024)

Ivana Bacik: ...he would love to see talks resume with thalidomide survivors. There has not been engagement by the Government with the survivors for a year. It is more than 60 years since the withdrawal of the drug from the market. Thalidomide survivors need justice. They have called for a State apology and a proper compensation package. I have raised their situation many times in the Dáil. The...

Road Safety and Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (15 May 2024) See 5 other results from this debate

Martin Heydon: ...up to €5 million each can also be applied for and funded in each year. The Road Traffic Act 2024 was introduced in response to the rising trend in road fatalities. The Act addresses three key issues. Drug testing for drivers involved in serious collisions will now be mandatory rather than optional, people who commit multiple penalty point offences on the same occasion will...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 May 2024)

Catherine Ardagh: ...lung cancer screening programme, similar to BreastCheck and cervical screening, to help save lives. It is very important that we have lung cancer diagnosis at an early stage. There are so many drugs available and I would very much encourage the Government to introduce a national lung cancer screening programme.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Substance Misuse (15 May 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 130. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the north inner city drug and alcohol task force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21988/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Medicinal Products (15 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the HSE has statutory responsibility for the administration of the community drug schemes; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Healthcare Policy (15 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...dystrophies; diabetes mellitus; parkinsonism; epilepsy; phenylketonuria; haemophilia; spina bifida; hydrocephalus; and conditions arising from the use of Thalidomide. Under the LTI Scheme, patients receive drugs, medicines, and medical and surgical appliances directly related to the treatment of their illness, free of charge. While there are currently no plans to extend the list...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Businesses: Discussion (15 May 2024)

David Stanton: I will ask one final question, if I may. We know this can be used to create miracle drugs and do an awful lot in medicine. It can edit DNA and people can even do that now in the back of a garage. They do not need a laboratory. Anyone can do this because it is open source. With respect to rare diseases, it can also create pathogens. That is the other, dark side of this. No one country...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Recent Developments in the EU on Security and Defence: Discussion (15 May 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Gerard Craughwell: ...be. Conceivably, a German ship could arrest a ship in Irish waters and have to escort it to Ireland for whatever action to be taken. We are not necessarily talking about military ships. We are talking about drugs, people trafficking and such things. Do the witnesses see that as something that might fly? It certainly flew in Bruges when I spoke about it. I could not possibly discuss...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Gino Kenny: Is there a standard medical intervention in terms of drugs?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2024) See 29 other results from this debate

...of mobile phone use so far this year. This is to remind the public that it only takes a split second for the unthinkable to happen. As of 9 May 2024, we had detected 2,870 incidents of driving while intoxicated either under the influence of alcohol or drugs. We introduced a new DrugWipe technology in December 2022, which delivers fast and very reliable results in detecting a range of...

Thirtieth Report of the Standing Committee of Selection: Motion (14 May 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...of the Standing Committee of Selection in accordance with Standing Order 34, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 10th May, 2024, and accordingly appoints members to the Special Committee on Drugs Use, and appoints members to Committees in substitution for members who have been appointed as Ministers of State automatically standing discharged, with effect from 15th...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 May 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Garret Ahearn: ...of State is very welcome to the Chamber. I firstly acknowledge the amount of work he has done on this incredibly important piece of legislation. There are so many addictions people can have from drugs, to alcohol, to gambling and to loads of things, but the one which can be hidden the most is gambling. We need to put in as many measures as possible to create as much of a deterrent as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council, UN Matters and Individually Tailored Partnership Programme with NATO: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs (14 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...the member states and the UK in respect of activity in international waters or suspicious activity with certain ships and there is a lot of exchange of information. When it comes to dealing with drug traffickers and so on, there is a lot of co-ordination on an intelligence level and our new C295s now give us tremendous capacities from the air in terms of maritime surveillance and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (14 May 2024) See 2 other results from this answer

Leo Varadkar: 561. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the drug payment scheme threshold to €50 per household per month. [21282/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (14 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...and grant a medical card, even though an applicant exceeds the income guidelines, where he or she faces difficult financial circumstances, such as extra costs arising from illness. The Drug Payment Scheme (DPS) ensures that no individual or family pays more than €80 a month towards the cost of approved prescribed medicines, including rental costs for oxygen. The DPS...